Yes - I noticed this afterwards... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karel_%C4%8Capek#Etymology_of_robot
marc > Asimov may indeed have come up with the term 'robotics', however the word > robot was introduced to the public by Czech writer Karel Čapek in his play > R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots)1921- it's a derivation of the Czech word > for worker/slave > > This has come up in the forum posts > > So there > > C > > -----Original Message----- > From: netbehaviour-boun...@netbehaviour.org > [mailto:netbehaviour-boun...@netbehaviour.org] On Behalf Of marc garrett > Sent: 07 April 2009 10:15 AM > To: NetBehaviour for networked distributed creativity > Subject: [NetBehaviour] Nine Words You Might Think Came from Science but > Which Are Really from Science Fiction. > > Nine Words You Might Think Came from Science but Which Are Really from > Science Fiction. > > 1. Robotics. This is probably the most well-known of these, since Isaac > Asimov is famous for (among many other things) his three laws of > robotics. Even so, I include it because it is one of the only actual > sciences to have been first named in a science fiction story ("Liar!", > 1941). Asimov also named the related occupation (roboticist) and the > adjective robotic. > > 2. Genetic engineering. The other science that received its name from a > science fiction story, in this case Jack Williamson's novel Dragon's > Island, which was coincidentally published in the same year as "Liar!" > The occupation of genetic engineer took a few more years to be named, > this time by Poul Anderson. > > 3. Zero-gravity/zero-g. A defining feature of life in outer space (sans > artificial gravity, of course). The first known use of "zero-gravity" is > from Jack Binder (better known for his work as an artist) in 1938, and > actually refers to the gravityless state of the center of the Earth's > core. Arthur C. Clarke gave us "zero-g" in his 1952 novel Islands in the > Sky. > > 4. Deep space. One of the other defining features of outer space is its > essential emptiness. In science fiction, this phrase most commonly > refers to a region of empty space between stars or that is remote from > the home world. E. E. "Doc" Smith seems to have coined this phrase in > 1934. The more common use in the sciences refers to the region of space > outside of the Earth's atmosphere. > > more... > http://blog.oup.com/2009/03/science-fiction/ > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > > > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > > _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
