Science

"One cannot, except in immature pulp charlatan-fiction, present an account of impossible, improbable, or inconceivable phenomena as a commonplace narrative of objective acts and conventional emotions. Inconceivable events and conditions have a special handicap to overcome, and this can be accomplished only through the maintenance of a careful realism in every phase of the story except that touching on the one given marvel."
- H.P. Lovecraft[1]

Basic Information

Science is the effort to discover, understand, or to understand better, how the physical world works, with observable physical evidence as the basis of that understanding. This page lists various various fields of scientific knowledge.

For "scientific" fields and theories that aren't part of mainstream science, see Alternative Science. The opposite of science is Hollywood Science. For technology that exceeds anything we can do any time soon, but doesn't necessarily break known laws of science, see super-science.

Scientific Fields of Knowledge

• Anthropology
• Archaeology
• Astronautics
• Astronomy
• Astrophysics
• Biology
• Cartography
• Chemistry
• Dream
• Economics
• Meteorology
• Phobia
• Physics
• Psychology

Scientific Projects

• Global Consciousness Project
• Peaceful Nuclear Explosions

Scientific Scales and Yardsticks

• Kardashev Scale
• Naked Falling Bodies
• pH
• Stellar Classification
• Units of Measurement

See Also:

• For Science
• Fourth Dimension
• Technology
• Scientist

Sources

Bibliography

1. Notes on Writing Weird Fiction by H. P. Lovecraft

2. Wikipedia entry

Game and Story Use

• As Lovecraft explains in the quote above, when you break realism in one major way - whether in hard SF or horror stories - it is useful to be as realistic as possible in other aspects of your setting or story. Having a good knowledge of the sciences helps you with this.