Beginning Of Wisdom
FinlayInvestigating the familiar Star Trek franchise from a scientific perspective; challenging assumptions and misconceptions to answer deeper questions.
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Finding the Missing Stardates of Star Trek
For Star Trek, Gene Roddenberry wanted a timekeeping system that was suitably ambiguous to afford writers flexibility, while presenting it as some universal, interplanetary calendar. Thus, he devised the stardate and it has been a staple of...
This is not a Daedalus!
Many starships in Star Trek receive their names only in extracanonical materials, making it easy to dismiss the titular accusation made against the name of Daedalus. I recognise that it is sensible to default to a beta canon name where one...
Epistemic Infrastructure in the United Federation of Planets
Introduction
Have you ever tried to think inside an infrastructure?
This notion, coined by Anand et al. (2018: 13)1, exemplifies what we will attempt in this piece. If you are not a social scientist, this may seem strange to you, and yo...
Why Did Saavik Leave Star Trek?
A mainstay of films Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan and Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, Lieutenant Saavik makes an unexplained exit at the beginning of Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home. Being seen as a narrative redundancy, her character...
What Cochrane's Telescope Reveals About The Enterprise
In the eighth Star Trek film, First Contact, warp drive inventor Zefram Cochrane observes the Sovereign-class U.S.S. Enterprise (E) using a telescope aimed by Geordi La Forge.1 This observation was used to persuade Cochrane of the Enterpris...
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