Science on stage : from Doctor Faustus to Copenhagen /

"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 particu...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Shepherd-Barr, Kirsten
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: PRINCETON : PRINCETON University Press, 2006.
Temas:
1900-1999
Drama > 20th century > History and criticism.
Science in literature.
Scientists in literature.
Sciences dans la littérature.
Scientifiques dans la littérature.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Literary.
Drama
Science in literature
Scientists in literature
Wissenschaft > Motiv
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The tradition of science plays
  • Why theatre? : the appeal of science plays now
  • "Living newspapers" and other plays about physics and physicists
  • Copenhagen interpretations : the epistemology of intention
  • Evolution in performance : the natural sciences on stage
  • Mathematics and thermodynamics in the theatre
  • Doctors' dilemmas : medicine under the scalpel
  • "Just a fiction" : staging history and truth
  • Alternating currents : new trends in theatre and science
  • Appendix: Four centuries of science plays : an annotated list.

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