Encyclopedia of Literature and Science

by Pamela Gossin

Science and literature have always been strange bedfellows. Like puzzle pieces, they fit because they're different. Some of the greatest works of world literature have been inspired by the marvels of the scientific world. Scientists have written works of the imagination. Even formal scientific writings have been known to employ rhetoric. There is a tendency to think of literature--and the humanities in general--as having little to do with science...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313305382
• ISBN13: 9780313305382
• Release Date: August 2002
• Publisher: Greenwood
• Length: 600 Pages
• Weight: 2.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.2" x 9.7"