"The Literary Companion to Science" is an exploration of the way in which science and scientists have been portrayed in fiction, memoirs, reportage and poetry. Much of the material gathered here is from recent times, though some is of earlier epochs. A special aim has been wherever possible to link people, phenomena and events of science, represented in fiction or poetry, to the reality, as reflected in memoirs, biography and jouralism. The anthology contains over 200 extracts, by writers such as Gustave Flaubert, Conan Doyle, George Bernard Shaw, H.G.Wells and Aldous Huxley, linked by commentary. Nothing in the book requires the reader to know any science to speak of, nor does it seek to teach him anything. The purpose is solely to entertain, surprise, sometimes stir and once in a while to dismay the reader, and to reveal to him byways down which he may ramble at his leisure.
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"Science! true daughter of Old Time thou art!" wrote Poe in tribute. This often-serious, often-spurious account of madcap scientists and modern inventions blends the writing of H.G. Wells and Isaac Asimov with that of Charles Darwin and Peter Medawar. Less accessible to readers than The Norton Book of Nature Writing ( LJ 3/1/90), this suffers from its conception as a "personal collection"; the editor states that "It has been no part of my purpose to present fine writing about science . . . much that is not of the first quality . . . is (I hope) redeemed by historical or social interest." The book may tickle the fancy of some science lovers; for larger collections.
- Mikey Scott, Torrey Pines H.S., Del Mar, Cal.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.
- Mikey Scott, Torrey Pines H.S., Del Mar, Cal.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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