From Madman to Crime Fighter: The Scientist in Western Culture

by Roslynn D Haynes and Roslynn D. Haynes

The story of the scientist in Western culture, from medieval images of alchemists to present-day depictions of cyberpunks and genetic engineers.

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1421423049
• ISBN13: 9781421423043
• Release Date: September 2017
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 424 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.9" x 8.9"