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From Faust to Strangelove
They were mad, of course. Or evil. Or godless, amoral, arrogant, impersonal, and inhuman. At best, they were well-intentioned but blind to the dangers of forces they barely controlled. They were Faust and Frankenstein, Jekyll and Moreau, Caligari and Strangelove--the scientists of film and fiction, cultural archetypes that reflected ancient fears of tampering with the unknown or unleashing the little-understood powers of nature. In From Faust to Strangelove Roslyn Haynes offers the first detailed and comprehensive study of the image of the scientist in Western literature and film--from medieval images of alchemists to present-day depictions of cyberpunks and genetic engineers.
British Colonial Realism in Africa
What role do objects play in realist narratives as they move between societies and their different systems of value as commodities, as charms, as gifts, as trophies, or as curses? This book explores how the struggle to represent objects in British colonial realism corresponded with historical struggles over the material world and its significance.
The Refracted Muse
Galileo never set foot on the Iberian Peninsula, yet, as Enrique García Santo-Tomás unfolds in The Refracted Muse, the news of his work with telescopes brought him to surprising prominence—not just among Spaniards working in the developing science of optometry but among creative writers as well. While Spain is often thought to have taken little notice of the Scientific Revolution, García Santo-Tomás tells a different story, one that reveals Golden Age Spanish literature to be in close dialogue with the New Science. Drawing on the work of writers such as Cervantes, Lope de Vega, Calderón de la Barca, and Quevedo, he helps us trace the influence of science and discovery on the rapidly developing and highly playful genre of the novel. Indeed, García Santo-Tomás makes a strong case that the rise of the novel cannot be fully understood without taking into account its relationship to the scientific discoveries of the period.
The Genesis Machine
Defying the political authorities, a physicist joins forces with a fellow maverick scientist. Together they build the machine that makes the theory of unifying all fields and forces possible--a creation that will either save the world or destroy it.
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Landmarks
SHORTLISTED FOR THE SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE From the bestselling author of UNDERLAND, THE OLD WAYS and THE LOST WORDS 'Few books give such a sense of enchantment; it is a book to give to many, and to return to repeatedly' Independent 'Enormously pleasurable, deeply moving. A bid to save our rich hoard of landscape language, and a blow struck for the power of a deep creative relationship to place' Financial Times 'A book that ought to be read by policymakers, educators, armchair environmentalists and active conservationists the world over' Guardian 'Gorgeous, thoughtful and lyrical' Independent on Sunday 'Feels as if [it] somehow grew out of the land itself. ...
I Violentatori della Notte
Teniamo a precisare che tutti i testi inclusi nella presente opera provengono liberamente da Internet e sono reperibili su Wikipedia. Allora sorge spontanea la domanda: perché acquistarla? La risposta è semplice. Si tratta di un certosino lavoro di assemblamento, con una specifica ricerca di immagini (queste ad esempio su Wikipedia non le trovate) che completa l'opera in modo da renderla unica e non ripetibile nella sua struttura. In breve un lavoro che, pur proveniente dal lavoro di altri, si trasforma in un unicum, assumendo una sua veste logica che è quella di descrivere il film I Violentatori della Notte e gli argomenti ad esso correlati quali regista, attrici, i film da cui discende,...
The Highest Tree, a Play
Stresses the important issue of the scientist's moral and social responsibility.
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Die kosmische Krise
Im Juni 2021 gesteht der Direktor der amerikanischen Geheimdienste unter gewaltigem Medieninteresse ein, dass unbekannte Luftphänomene (UAP), besser bekannt als UFOs, wirklich existieren. Kurz darauf verabschiedet der US-Kongress ein Gesetz, das vorsieht, eine speziell eingerichtete Behörde des Pentagons für deren Erforschung zu gründen. Das All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office solle nun endgültig klären, woher die unbekannten Objekte stammen und was sie beabsichtigen. Nach Jahrzehnten der Geheimhaltung bahnt sich damit eine politische und wissenschaftliche Sensation an. Wie aber konnte es dazu kommen? Die kosmische Krise erzählt die Geschichte unbekannter Luftphänomene und geht der Frage nach, ob wir allein sind im Universum. Dabei zeigt Gerritzen, dass die Euphorie über den möglichen Besuch außerirdischer Intelligenzen eine dramatische Kehrseite hätte: Wir sind gesellschaftlich nicht im Geringsten auf einen baldigen Erstkontakt vorbereitet. Sollte sich herausstellen, dass UAPs außerirdische Technologien sind, die uns beobachten, stünde die Menschheit angesichts urzeitlicher Ängste vor allem Fremden und Unbekannten vor einer wahrhaft kosmischen Krise.
