Science on Stage : : From Doctor Faustus to Copenhagen / / Kirsten Shepherd-Barr.
Science on Stage is the first full-length study of the phenomenon of "science plays"--theatrical events that weave scientific content into the plot lines of the drama. The book investigates the tradition of science on the stage from the Renaissance to the present, focusing in particular on...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2018] ©2006 |
| Year of Publication: | 2018 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. The Tradition of Science Plays
- 2.Why Theater? The Appeal of Science Plays Now
- 3. "Living Newspapers" and Other Plays about Physics and Physicists
- 4. Copenhagen Interpretations: The Epistemology of Intention
- 5. Evolution in Performance: The Natural Sciences on Stage
- 6. Mathematics and Thermodynamics in the Theater
- 7. Doctors' Dilemmas: Medicine under the Scalpel
- 8. Just a Fiction": Staging History and Truth
- Conclusion Alternating Currents: New Trends in Science and Theater
- Appendix Four Centuries of Science Plays:An Annotated List
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index