SikhNerd » Science Fiction http://sikhnerd.com 50% Sikh | 50% Nerd | 100% Finger Licken' Good! Thu, 13 May 2010 21:34:07 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Nine Science words with interesting origins http://sikhnerd.com/nerd/nine-science-words-with-interesting-origins/ http://sikhnerd.com/nerd/nine-science-words-with-interesting-origins/#comments Tue, 14 Apr 2009 14:41:12 +0000 Sikh Nerd http://sikhnerd.com/?p=84 No related posts.]]> Check out this really interesting article about some science words that actually originated from science fiction.

This was a pleasant surprise:

1. Robotics. This is probably the most well-known of these, since Isaac Asimov is famous for (among many other things) his three laws of robotics. Even so, I include it because it is one of the only actual sciences to have been first named in a science fiction story (”Liar!”, 1941). Asimov also named the related occupation (roboticist) and the adjective robotic.

After you’re done reading that list, check out Technovelgy for over 1500 other things that are now science facts that once were science fiction.

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