Mordecai Roshwald

Dreams and Nightmares

Science and Technology in Myth and Fiction
Herausgeber: Palumbo, Donald E.; Sullivan Iii, C. W.

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland and Company, Inc.
• Seitenzahl: 228
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. April 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 377g
• ISBN-13: 9780786436941
• ISBN-10: 0786436948
• Artikelnr.: 23402818

Autorenporträt

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).

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Introduction     
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