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J.R.R. Tolkien based the stars and constellations of his created world of Middle-earth on "real world" astronomy. What clues did Tolkien place in his novels - The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit and The Silmarillion - to point to stars and... more
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[Full presentation available for download in English and French] Issu de l’imagination féconde de J. R. R. Tolkien (1892-1973), le monde merveilleux de la Terre du Milieu n’a cessé de charmer les lecteurs du Seigneur des Anneaux, de... more
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      BotanyJ. R. R. TolkienAstronomyJ.R.R. Tolkien
[Full presentation available for download in English and French] Issu de l’imagination féconde de J. R. R. Tolkien (1892-1973), le monde merveilleux de la Terre du Milieu n’a cessé de charmer les lecteurs du Seigneur des Anneaux, du... more
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      GeographyJ. R. R. TolkienAstronomyJ.R.R. Tolkien
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Martin Kemp (551) argues that while “what a scientist (or artist, author, composer…) looks like should not matter to us,” it is a fact of modern society that we as a culture are compulsive in our need to closely scrutinize the outward... more
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Due in part to recent (and ongoing) film adaptations, the fantasy series of C.S. Lewis (The Chronicles of Narnia), J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter), Philip Pullman (His Dark Materials), and J.R.R. Tolkien (The Silmarillion, The Hobbit, andThe... more
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The television series Lost has, at its very core, an exploration of the dynamic tension between self and other. The definition of "otherness" varies throughout the still-unfolding text of the series, including geographical, cultural,... more
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A draft of a book chapter from an aborted project on depictions of science in the television series Lost.
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This 2012 paper is based on a chapter of an aborted book project on the science of Lost.
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This piece was originally published in 2009 in the “Scholars Forum” of the Lord of the Rings Plaza
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Work done in conjunction with 'Sky and Telescope' magazine concerning how amateur astronomers became interested in the field.
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This is a 2007 chapter from an aborted book project on the science of the tv series Lost. It was written before the ending of the series, which, as we now all know, violated the promise to have a scientific explanation for the Island and... more
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2008 Conference paper
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Paper delivered to the Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association National conference, 1999
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Conference presentation from 2010
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Invited talk as part of the Morgan Library and Museum’s Tolkien and Inspiration Symposium, delivered March 16, 2019.
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