Fairy Tale Science

Fairy Tale Science

Author: Sarah Albee

Publisher:

Published: 2021-09-07

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 1250257611

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A fantastical collection of classic stories with a hands-on STEM twist.


Science in Wonderland

Science in Wonderland

Author: Melanie Keene

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 250

ISBN-13: 0199662657

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Presents a new perspective on Victorian scientific discoveries and inventions; includes a range of Victorian scientific fairy-tales and stories; looks at why fairies and their tales were chosen as an appropriate new form for capturing and presenting scientific and technological knowledge to young audiences; examines a range of scientific subjects, from palaeontology to entomology to astronomy.--Provided by publisher.


Computational Fairy Tales

Computational Fairy Tales

Author: Jeremy Kubica

Publisher: Jeremy Kubica

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 199

ISBN-13:

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"Introduces principles of computational thinking, illustrating high-level computer science concepts, the motivation behind them, and their application in a non-computer fairy tale domain."--Amazon.com.


The Scientific Method in Fairy Tale Forest

The Scientific Method in Fairy Tale Forest

Author: Laura Magner

Publisher: Pieces of Learning

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 112

ISBN-13: 1931334943

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This book "draws on fairy tales as the context for practicing the scientific method and learning scientific knowledge."--Cover back.


Fairy-tale Science

Fairy-tale Science

Author: Suzanne Magnanini

Publisher: University of Toronto Press

Published: 2008-01-01

Total Pages: 233

ISBN-13: 0802097545

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"Between 1550 and 1650, marvellous stories of women giving birth to animals, young girls growing penises, and valiant men slaying dragons appeared in Europe. Circulated in scientific texts and in the first two collections of fairy tales published on the continent, Giovan Francesco Straparolas Le piacevoli notti and Giambattista Basiles Lo cunto de li cunti, the stories invigorated readers and established a new literary genre. Despite the fact that the printed European fairy tale was born in Italy, however, contemporary readers tend to think of France or Germany as the genres place of origin.Fairy-Tale Science looks at the birth of the literary fairy tale in the context of early modern discourses on the monstrous, and explains how scientific discourse and literary theories of the marvellous limited the genre's success on its native soil. Suzanne Magnanini argues that men of science positioned the fairy tale in opposition to science and fixed it as a negative pole in a binary system. This system came to define both a new type of scientific inquiry and the nascent literary genre. Magnanini also suggests that, by adopting theories of the monstrous as metaphors for their own literary production, Straparola and Basile aligned the literary fairy tale, the feminine, and the monstrous, and essentially marginalized the new genre.Fairy-Tale Science expands our understanding of the early modern European imagination and investigates the complex interplay between scientific discourse and marvellous literature."


Fairy Science

Fairy Science

Author: Ashley Spires

Publisher: Crown Books for Young Readers

Published: 2019-09-10

Total Pages: 40

ISBN-13: 0525581413

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An enchanting STEM-and-fairy-filled picture book from the award-winning author-illustrator of The Most Magnificent Thing! All the fairies in Pixieville believe in magic--except Esther. She believes in science. When a forest tree stops growing, all the fairies are stumped--including Esther. But not for long! Esther knows that science can get to the root of the problem--and its solution! Whether you believe in fairy magic or the power of science, you will be charmed by Esther, the budding fairy scientist.


Fairy Tales in Contemporary American Culture

Fairy Tales in Contemporary American Culture

Author: Kate Christine Moore Koppy

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2021-02-22

Total Pages: 175

ISBN-13: 1793612781

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In the twenty-first century, American culture is experiencing a profound shift toward pluralism and secularization. In Fairy Tales in Contemporary American Culture: How We Hate to Love Them, Kate Koppy argues that the increasing popularity and presence of fairy tales within American culture is both indicative of and contributing to this shift. By analyzing contemporary fairy tale texts as both new versions in a particular tale type and as wholly new fairy-tale pastiches, Koppy shows that fairy tales have become a key part of American secular scripture, a corpus of shared stories that work to maintain a sense of community among diverse audiences in the United States, as much as biblical scripture and associated texts used to.