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Abstract
Science Fiction is using astronomy to offer to the public blockbusters at the
movies (e.g. Interstellar), series or movies in streaming media (Don't Look Up,
The Expanse), many books from classic authors (I. Asimov, A.C. Clarke) or more
modern ones (K.S. Robinson), comics (the adventures of Valerian and Laureline),
or video games (Mass Effect, No Man's sky) that have a very large cumulated
audience. Astronomers can use Science Fiction to illustrate physics or
astronomical facts. It might be a good way to talk about our work, our methods,
by comparing them to examples with which a large audience is familiar. A few
examples are provided in this contribution. In a recent study (Stanwey, 2022),
it was shown that 93 percent of British professional astronomers have an
interest for Science Fiction, and 69 percent consider that Science Fiction
influenced their career or life choice. I am presenting a similar study made
for French astronomers, performed during and just after the 2024 French
astronomer meeting (Journees de la SF2A).
科幻小说正在利用天文学为公众提供电影大片(如《星际》)、流媒体系列或电影(《别抬头》、《无垠》)、许多经典作家(阿西莫夫、克拉克)或更现代的作家(K.S.罗宾逊)的书籍、漫画(《瓦莱里安和劳莱琳历险记》)或视频游戏(《质量效应》、《无人区》),这些作品的受众累积量非常大。天文学家可以用科幻小说来说明物理学或天文学事实。将我们的工作、我们的方法与大量受众熟悉的例子进行比较,可能是谈论我们的工作、我们的方法的好方法。本文将提供几个例子。最近的一项研究(Stanwey,2022 年)显示,93% 的英国职业天文学家对科幻小说感兴趣,69% 的人认为科幻小说影响了他们的职业或人生选择。我将介绍一项针对法国天文学家的类似研究,该研究是在2024年法国天文学家会议(Journees de la SF2A)期间和会后进行的。