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Dreams and Nightmares - Science and Technology in Myth and Fiction

English · Paperback / Softback

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Informationen zum Autor Mordecai Roshwald is professor emeritus of social science and humanities at the University of Minnesota. He has held visiting appointments at universities in Israel, United Kingdom, Canada and Taiwan and lives in Silver Spring, Maryland. He is also the author of the noted dystopian science fiction novel Level 7 (1959). Klappentext This book studies the treatment of science and technology from ancient myths to current works, demonstrating the importance of science to human civilization as evidenced in literature. Works studied include the Bible, Greek mythology, tales from the Middle Ages (including those about the Golem and Dr. Faustus), Gulliver's Travels, Frankenstein, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and works by Jules Verne, H.G. Wells, George Orwell, Bertrand Russell, and Aldous Huxley, among others. Zusammenfassung Studies the treatment of science and technology! demonstrating the importance of science to human civilization as evidenced in literature. Inhaltsverzeichnis Table of ContentsIntroduction      1. The Bible      2. Greek Mythology      3. The Middle Ages      4. Age of Reason      5. Science and Human Nature      6. The Machine Prophet      7. Evolution: Natural and Designed      8. Mind Control      9. The Menace of the Machine      10. The Threat of Paradise      11. The Suicide of Civilization      Conclusion      Chapter Notes      Bibliography      Index

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Authors Mordecai Roshwald, Mordecai/ Palumbo Roshwald
Assisted by Donald E. Palumbo (Editor), C. W. Sullivan (Editor), C.W. Sullivan (Editor), C. W. Sullivan III (Editor), C.W. Sullivan III (Editor)
Publisher McFarland
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 18.04.2008
 
EAN 9780786436941
ISBN 978-0-7864-3694-1
No. of pages 221
Dimensions 152 mm x 229 mm x 13 mm
Series Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy
Critical Explorations in Scien
Critical Explorations in Science Fiction and Fantasy
Subjects Fiction > Poetry, drama
Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies

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