Essays about: "Dune"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 43 essays containing the word Dune.

  1. 21. The Human Non-Human Boundary in 'Dune'
 – An Ontological Reading through a Comparative Nietzschean and Transhuman Framework

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Kiti Misha; [2020]
    Keywords : Frank Herbert; Dune; Science Fiction; Nietzsche; Overhuman; Transhumanism; Posthuman; Transhumanism; Human; Nonhuman;

    Abstract : In Frank Herbert’s Dune Saga, we find a transhumanist and Nietzschean argument about the evolution of humans achieved as a result of the triggering effect of the Butlerian Jihad against thinking machines. I claim that the metamorphoses of the selected characters reflect the central tenants of the transformation of Nietzsche’s overhuman, or transhumanism’s posthuman. READ MORE

  3. 22. Age of Arrakis: State Apparatuses and Foucauldian Biopolitics in Frank Herbert's Dune

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Pontus Viberg; [2019]
    Keywords : power; ideology; biopower; religion; science fiction; Herbert Dune; America; colonialism; state apparatus;

    Abstract : Frank Herbert’s Dune is generally recognized as the best-selling science fiction novel of all time. While it is commonly referred to as a novel of environmental characteristics, this essay investigates the depiction of society and how the power dynamics in this far future setting are presented. READ MORE

  4. 23. Nucleosynthesis in accretion disks around black holes

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för astronomi och teoretisk fysik - Genomgår omorganisation; Lunds universitet/Astronomi - Genomgår omorganisation

    Author : Neige Frankel; [2017]
    Keywords : accretion disk; Nucleosynthesis; black hole; high energy; white dwarf tidal disruption; Physics and Astronomy;

    Abstract : Nucleosynthesis is the mechanism which produces new elements in nuclear reactions. Nuclear reaction rates are highly temperature dependant, and nuclear reactions take place in very hot environments. Current theories predict that the light elements such as hydrogen and helium were produced during the Big Bang. READ MORE

  5. 24. Forest owners and attitudes towards conservation policy in Sweden

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Forest Economics

    Author : Miguel Riviere; [2016]
    Keywords : Swedish forestry model; principal component analysis; PCA; cluster analysis; survey;

    Abstract : In 1993, Sweden issued a new forestry act, which gives equal importance to timber production and nature protection, and uses a wide range of policy tools, known as the Swedish forestry model, to achieve its goals. However, there is evidence that the Swedish forestry model does not perform as well as expected, especially regarding the involvement of Non Industrial Private Forest owners (NIPFs) in conservation. READ MORE

  6. 25. Thermal modelling of the PICSAT nanosatellite platform and synergetic prestudies of the CIRCUS nanosatellite

    University essay from Luleå tekniska universitet/Institutionen för system- och rymdteknik

    Author : Tobias Flecht; [2016]
    Keywords : Thermal; CIRCUS; PicSat; NanoSatellite; CubeSat; Thermica;

    Abstract : In the present paper, which was written in collaboration with the Observatory of Paris, thermal models of two CubeSat missions were created. The first goal of this work was to create a nodal simulation of the PicSat satellite to verify the survivability of the system within the extreme space environment. READ MORE