Darwin's Audubon: Science and the Liberal Imagination

by Gerald Weissmann

Book Overview

In this retrospective of Gerald Weissmann's best-known essays, the reader is treated to his unique perspective on what C. P. Snow once dubbed "the Two Cultures"-art and science. In Darwin's Audubon,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0306459817
• ISBN13: 9780306459818
• Release Date: August 1998
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Length: 337 Pages
• Weight: 2.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Synchronicity and other stuff?

What amazed me about this book - apart from the excellent writing and obvious literary skills of Weismann - was the way the author brought seemingly disparate ideas and themes together: choral music and sanitation; unusual psychological syndromes and military service. There's an endless imagination drawn on here - maybe a bit clunkily at times - and this is one of Weismann's overarching themes: the importance of imagination. I enjoyed this - and will keep on dreaming.

Analysis of art, science, and culture

Essays by the author provide plenty of insights into science and the liberal imagination, bringing together works from his prior books to accompany seven new works. The author's analysis of art, science, and culture considers influences on all and how the various genres have helped each other to evolve.