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Sound of Thunder deeper analysis?
15 July 2009, 01:09 AM
NutgurlSound of Thunder deeper analysis?
Hi! I'm a college student and I'm doing a long essay on Sound of Thunder. The question given was "Are modern innovations beneficial to the environment?". Of course, I have to gear it to the short story written by Ray Bradbury.
What are the modern innovations in A Sound of Thunder and are there beneficial to the environment?
I've recognized a few like the oxygen mask, Time Machine and the anti-gravity path. What effects do these have on the environment?
Would really appreciate your replies.
15 July 2009, 08:26 AM
jktquote:
Originally posted by Nutgurl:
Hi! I'm a college student and I'm doing a long essay on Sound of Thunder. The question given was "Are modern innovations beneficial to the environment?". Of course, I have to gear it to the short story written by Ray Bradbury.
What are the modern innovations in A Sound of Thunder and are there beneficial to the environment?
I've recognized a few like the oxygen mask, Time Machine and the anti-gravity path. What effects do these have on the environment?
Would really appreciate your replies.
The book was so powerful that a branch of physics’ string theory was named in honor of the book, The Butterfly Effect.
Don’t forget about the bullets.
John King Tarpinian
You know what you are, Mr. Bradbury? ... You are a poet! -- Aldous Huxley
15 July 2009, 08:54 AM
libRArYEdward Norton Lorenz, the great meteorologist, who died just last year, is the one credited for coining the term The Butterfly Effect. He actually got the idea from Jacques Hadamard's number theory (in the late 1800's.)
15 July 2009, 10:31 AM
jktquote:
Originally posted by libRArY:
Edward Norton Lorenz, the great meteorologist, who died just last year, is the one credited for coining the term The Butterfly Effect. He actually got the idea from Jacques Hadamard's number theory (in the late 1800's.)
True he coined the phrase but it was the book that string theory used for the inspiration.
John King Tarpinian
You know what you are, Mr. Bradbury? ... You are a poet! -- Aldous Huxley
15 July 2009, 12:33 PM
philnicBook? A Sound of Thunder is a short story.
String theory? I thought it was Choas theory.
15 July 2009, 01:56 PM
jktquote:
Originally posted by philnic:
Book? A Sound of Thunder is a short story.
String theory? I thought it was Choas theory.
I cannot be this wrong...or can I? String theory's postulate on time travel was given the moniker The Butterfly Effect based on the short story, A Sound of Thunder. (Butterly. Boot. History change.)
John King Tarpinian
You know what you are, Mr. Bradbury? ... You are a poet! -- Aldous Huxley
16 July 2009, 12:44 AM
philnicquote:
Originally posted by jkt:
[QUOTE]Originally posted by philnic:
...(Butterly. Boot. History change.)
Butterly, you say?
Utterly Butterly perhaps?
16 July 2009, 12:49 AM
philnicI did a bit of Googling, and the only linkages I can find between "butterfly effect" and "string theory" are on websites that don't understand one or other concept.
Search on butterfly effect and CHAOS theory, however, and billions of hits come up.
Conclusion: the butterfly effect is associated with chaos theory, not string theory.
Details:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butterfly_effect16 July 2009, 06:14 AM
Doug Spauldingquote:
Originally posted by philnic:
Utterly Butterly
Udderly, surely!
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16 July 2009, 08:58 AM
jktquote:
Originally posted by philnic:
...
Search on butterfly effect and CHAOS theory, however, and billions of hits come up.
Conclusion: the butterfly effect is associated with chaos theory, not string theory.
I stand corrected.
John King Tarpinian
You know what you are, Mr. Bradbury? ... You are a poet! -- Aldous Huxley