"Discovery fiction" is a fictional re-creation of an invention of something. It's an awesome way to teach how something works, because you have to explain what problems led to each part of the solution. (1/6)
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I'd love to see an example! I don't immediately see how to demonstrate conscious problem-solving for something that wasn't consciously problem-solved, but even better if that's possible.
I'm not sure I've written one up very consciously in that style. But it was very nearly the default way I approached all mathematics and physics for more than a decade. Funny to think that I "translated" a lot of that into the more conventional style.
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In particular, for a long time my rule was to _always_ attempt to derive results myself first, while looking as little at others work as possible. Very often this failed, of course, but I sometimes succeeded. Such is very naturally discovery fiction.
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Now that I think about it, discovery fiction is how I explained loops in my "Introduction to Programming": https://www.teamten.com/lawrence/programming/intro/intro8.html …
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