Fi-Sci Gallery
An Exhibit of Patterns across
Fiction & Science
Biology Wing:
Interactive Fiction + Genetics
Interactive fiction like Julio Cortázar’s Hopscotch (fi) shares a pattern with genetic engineering (sci): both involve rearranging building blocks—whether text segments or genes—that spotlight the reader’s or engineer’s permutative agency.
Physics Wing:
The Muppets + Quantum Superposition
The Muppets (fi)—who present as fictional in movies such as Muppets from Space, and as non-fictional when interviewed on talk shows—share a pattern with quantum superposition (sci): an entity (Muppet; particle) is simultaneously in two seemingly incompatible (ontological; physical) states.
Explore a reel of fi-sci analogies:
Peruse fi-sci curricula developed by faculty fellows:
ASSOCIATE TEACHING PROFESSOR
OF HISTORY; DIRECTOR, CENTER FOR WOMEN’S AND GENDER STUDIES, FIU
Alexandra Cornelius, Ph.D.
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF COMPUTING AND INFORMATION SCIENCES, FIU
Fahad Saeed, Ph.D.
ASSISTANT TEACHING PROFESSOR OF PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY; FACULTY FELLOW, HONORS COLLEGE, FIU
Tigran Abrahamyan, Ph.D.
VISITING ASSISTANT TEACHING PROFESSOR OF RELIGIOUS STUDIES; FACULTY FELLOW,
HONORS COLLEGE, FIU
Jeanette Smith, J.D.
Nicola Gavioli, Ph.D.
ASSOCIATE TEACHING PROFESSOR
OF PORTUGUESE, FIU
Sabyasachi Moulik, Ph.D.
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF CELLULAR BIOLOGY AND PHARMACOLOGY, FIU
PROFESSOR OF PHYSICS; ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF THE BIOMOLECULAR SCIENCES INSTITUTE; FACULTY FELLOW, HONORS COLLEGE, FIU
Prem Chapagain, Ph.D.
Magda Novelli Pearson, Ph.D.
TEACHING PROFESSOR OF ITALIAN;
ITALIAN PROGRAM COORDINATOR;
FACULTY FELLOW, HONORS COLLEGE, FIU
ASSOCIATE TEACHING PROFESSOR OF
PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY; FACULTY
FELLOW, HONORS COLLEGE, FIU
Tigran Abrahamyan, Ph.D.
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF EDUCATIONAL POLICY, FIU
Kirsten Edwards, Ph.D.
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND BUSINESS ANALYTICS, FIU
Xueping Liang, Ph.D.
Dani Bolden, M.S.
ADJUNCT PROFESSOR OF
COMMUNICATION, FIU