Gold Bug Variations SCS
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SCIENTIFIC CONTENT SUMMARY |
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Title: The Gold Bug Variations |
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Author: Richard Powers |
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Scientist characters |
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Main character |
Yes |
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Secondary characters |
No |
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Minor characters |
No |
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Science in plot |
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Essential: central to all main events |
Yes |
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Pivotal: central to one or two crucial events, without which plot could not proceed |
-- |
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Incidental: science plays a role, but plot could proceed without it |
-- |
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Underpins structure |
Yes |
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Science in theme |
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Main theme, the novel’s “meaning” |
Yes |
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Minor themes |
Yes?? |
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Laboratory or field work setting |
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Frequent |
-- |
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Occasional |
-- |
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Rare |
Yes?? |
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Scientific knowledge |
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Reader learns scientific facts, theories, or hypotheses |
Yes |
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Understanding scientific content essential to understanding novel |
Yes |
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Representations of reliable established knowledge (may coexist with fictional knowledge) |
Yes |