Description
The story of the scientist in Western culture, from medieval images of alchemists to present-day depictions of cyberpunks and genetic engineers.
About the Author
As well as having a background in science, Roslynn D. Haynes is an adjunct associate professor in the School of the Arts and Media at the University of New South Wales and an honorary associate of the University of Tasmania. She is the author of seven books, including H. G. Wells, Discoverer of the Future: The Influence of Science on His Thought and Desert: Nature and Culture.
Reviews
Her approach is to correlate developments in science and technology over the following seven centuries with descriptions of how scientists have been portrayed in contemporaneous literature, and more recently in fascinating read.
-Times Higher Education
This is a wonderful book, both in the sense of being a pleasure to read and being full of wonders.
-SAGE Blog
In this update, Haynes has extended her purview to accommodate the growth in scholarship on science and popular culture, especially in the area of film, which has occurred in the twenty years since the publication of the first edition... Anyone wishing to design a course on science or the scientist (however he or she may define these terms) in literature, cinema or popular culture, set either in a single era or over a span of time, could easily get away with using this new volume as a one-stop shopping catalogue for primary sources.
-Neeraja Sankaran, Independent Scholar, British Society for Literature and Science
Book Information
ISBN 9781421423043
Author Roslynn D. Haynes
Format Paperback
Page Count 424
Imprint Johns Hopkins University Press
Publisher Johns Hopkins University Press
Weight(grams) 567g
Dimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 26mm