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Alice’s Adventures in Scienceland
Alice’s Adventures in Scienceland

Author(s): Tina Bilban
Subject(s): Logic, Other Language Literature, Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Language
Published by: Hrvatska udruga istraživača dječje književnosti
Keywords: Alice; Lewis Carroll; logic; mathematics; physics; science;

Summary/Abstract: Lewis Carroll based much of his nonsense humour and curious themes in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass on his expertise in logic and mathematics. Years after the books were written, Alice, under the guidance of new authors, is experiencing new adventures in different regions of Scienceland, from Quantumland to Computerland. Situations, characters and concepts from Carroll’s books on Alice are often reused in different scientific fields to illustrate scientific phenomena. Alice has become an archetype placeholder name for experimentalists in physics and cryptology. Carroll’s books on Alice have been adopted by the scientific community and it seems that, although it is characteristic for science to keep changing, Alice’s adventures in Scienceland are here to stay.

  • Issue Year: 4/2015
  • Issue No: 02
  • Page Range: 313-340
  • Page Count: 28
  • Language: English