© 2023 Science Fiction Motif Index by Alexander Lowry. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
Welcome to the Science Fiction Motif Index, a small repository of concepts from science fiction and their history. Explore the development of robots, carbon fiber, and alien encounters as told through stories of different time periods. Find the influences and predecessors of your favorite stories, or other stories that explore the same concepts.
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One closed solution to the n-body problem. A set of bodies at the points of a regular polygon, alternating heavier and lighter bodies in a regular pattern. Each is given an angular momentum around the center to keep them in an unstable equilibrium.
© 2023 Science Fiction Motif Index by Alexander Lowry. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0