Autore	Edwards Ronald <1964->
Pubbl/distr/stampa	New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2016
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (297 p.)
Disciplina	823.912
Soggetto topico	Literature and science Animals in literature Humanity in literature Ethics in literature Evolution (Biology) in literature Biology in literature
ISBN	0-19-021211-X 0-19-021210-1
Classificazione	SCI070000
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Machine generated contents note: -- PART ONE: NOT MEANT TO KNOW -- Chapter 1: The Paw -- Taking exception / Science and fiction / Science fiction -- Chapter 2: The Ism that Wasn't -- It does not please you / Darwin in the middle / Two windows -- Chapter 3: Don't Meddle -- Movies and Moreau / Sorcery / Life science -- PART TWO: THE THING IS AN ABOMINATION -- Chapter 4: The House of Pain -- No pain, no gain / Moreau 1, Prendick 0 / Pain is real -- Chapter 5: Into the Lab and Onto the Slab -- In the book / How / But why -- PART THREE: POOR BEASTS -- Chapter 6: All the Difference -- Moreau's Man / Prendick's gaze / "No!" / The virago -- Chapter 7: To the Beasts You May Go -- No threshold / Selection and its discontents / The Valley -- PART FOUR: NO ESCAPE -- Chapter 8: That is the Law -- Whose Law? / Hell is real / The Jesus moment / The rebel -- Chapter 9: Beast Monsters -- The taste of blood / The stubborn beast flesh / The horror -- Chapter 10: Big Thinks -- Suffering and philosophy / Science and humanity.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910814333903321

Autore	Van Oort Richard
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Aurora, Colo., : Davies Group, Publishers, 2009
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (247 p.)
Disciplina	820.9
Soggetto topico	English literature - History and criticism - Theory, etc Literature - History and criticism - Theory, etc Literature and anthropology Literature and science Anthropology - Philosophy Literature - Philosophy Anthropology in literature Science in literature
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-935790-76-5
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910456655003321

Pubbl/distr/stampa	West Haven, : University of New Haven
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource
Disciplina	081
Soggetto topico	Literature and science Art and science
Soggetto genere / forma	Periodicals.
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Periodico
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Record Nr.	UNISA-996200707603316

Autore	Luokkala Barry B
Edizione	[1st ed. 2014.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	New York : , : Springer, , [2014]
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (xix, 241 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color)
Disciplina	500 809.3/8762
Collana	Science and Fiction
Soggetto topico	Science in motion pictures Science fiction films Literature and science Science in mass media
ISBN	1-4614-7891-X
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Preface -- 1 Introduction: Discerning the Real, the Possible and the Impossible -- 2 What is the Nature of Space and Time? (the physics of space travel and time travel) -- 3 What is the Universe Made of? (matter, energy and interactions) -- 4 Can a Machine Become Self-Aware? (the sciences of computing and cognition) -- 5 Are We Alone in the Universe? (the search for extraterrestrial intelligence) -- 6 What does it Mean to be Human? (biological sciences, biotechnology and other considerations) -- 7 How do We Solve Our Problems? (science, technology and society) -- 8 What Lies Ahead? (the future of our technological society) -- Appendix A: Catalog of Movies Cited -- Appendix B: Catalog of Television Series Episodes Cited -- Appendix C: Catalog of YouTube Videos Cited -- Appendix D: Solutions to Estimation Problems.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910300390003321

Autore	Thiher Allen <1941->
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Columbia, : University of Missouri Press, c2005
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (311 p.)
Disciplina	809/.9336
Soggetto topico	Literature and science Science in literature Fiction - 20th century - History and criticism
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	0-8262-6469-7
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Introduction : prefatory thoughts on two or more cultures -- What the modernists knew about the history of science from Pascal to Heisenberg -- Robert Musil and the dilemma of modernist epistemology -- Proust, Poincaré, and contingency -- Kafka's search for laws -- James Joyce and the laws of everything -- Modernist thought experiments after Joyce -- Conclusion : science and postmodernity.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910449865103321