New Article: Bacon’s New Atlantis and the Fictional Origins of Organised Science

Peter Lucas Published Online: 2018-07-18 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/culture-2018-0011 Abstract It is a commonplace that science fiction draws inspiration from science fact. It is a less familiar thought - though still widely acknowledged - that science has sometimes drawn its inspiration from science fiction. (Arthur C. Clarke’s idea of geostationary communications satellites is a well-known example.) However, the debt of science to science fiction extends beyond such specific e..