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1938: Naval Science, American - Archive Article - MSN Encarta (3022 words) |
 | The year 1938 was an epochal one for the United States Navy: it marked a distinct change in the national attitude toward our sea defense and security from invasion. |
| The most exacting professional attainment of the Navy is to master the science of Naval Operation of the components of the fleet and of the fleet as a whole; and naval strategy and tactics require that the naval high command be trained to use the expensive weapons provided to the very best advantage. |
| On June 30, 1938, a Protocol was signed by the United States, Great Britain, and France providing for a limitation of displacement tonnage for battleships of 45,000 tons instead of the London Treaty (1936) limitation of 35,000 tons. |
| science fiction - HighBeam Encyclopedia (464 words) |
| SCIENCE FICTION [science fiction] literary genre in which a background of science or pseudoscience is an integral part of the story. |
| Although science fiction is a form of fantastic literature, many of the events recounted are within the realm of future possibility, e.g., robots, space travel, interplanetary war, invasions from outer space. |
| Science fiction is generally considered to have had its beginnings in the late 19th cent. |
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