Connecting Literature and Science - Brossura

Labinger, Jay A.

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ISBN 10: 1032129123 ISBN 13: 9781032129129

Casa editrice: Routledge, 2023

Riassunto

This book presents a case for engagement between the sciences and the humanities. The author, a professional chemist, seeks to demonstrate that the connections between those fields of intellectual activity are far more significant than anything that separates them. The book combines a historical survey of the relationships between science and literature with a number of case studies that examine specific scientific episodes―several drawn from the author’s own research―juxtaposed with a variety of literary works spanning a wide range of period and genre―Dante to detective fiction, War and Peace to White Teeth―to elicit their common themes. The work argues for an empirical, non-theory-based approach, one that is closely analogous to connectionist models of brain development and function, and that can appeal to general readers, as well as to literary scholars and practicing scientists, who are open to the idea that literature and science should not be compartmentalized.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Jay A. Labinger is the Administrator of the Beckman Institute at the California Institute of Technology. Trained as an organometallic chemist, he has published 200+ technical papers and patents, and 20+ non-technical essays, along with books on the history of chemistry and sociology of science. He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Routledge
• Data di pubblicazione: 2023
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1032129123
• ISBN 13: 9781032129129
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 256
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: gpsr@libri.de; gpsr@libri.de; ; Friedensallee 273; Hamburg; 22763; Germania