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Science Fiction as a Driver of Science? This chapter, more than any other in the book, involves familiar themes of science fiction: space travel, extraterrestrial life, extraterrestrial intelligence, and more. Give and discuss two concepts that started out as science fiction but ended up as science fact. Give and discuss an example of an idea from science fiction that will likely never be realized as science fact. Do you think that the rise in popularity of science fiction (Star Trek, Star Wars, and others)has increased or decreased the general public's understanding of science? Explain.


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