Literature and Science: Social Impact and Interaction

by Brian Baker and John Cartwright

A survey of the interaction between science and Anglo-American literature from the late medieval period to the 20th century, examining how authors, thinkers, and philosophers have viewed science in literary texts, and used science as a window to the future.

Spanning six centuries, this survey of the interplay between science and literature in the West begins with Chaucer's Treatise on the Astrolabe and includes commentary on...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 185109458X
• ISBN13: 9781851094585
• Release Date: June 2005
• Publisher: ABC-CLIO
• Length: 496 Pages
• Weight: 2.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 7.1" x 10.3"