Dreams and Nightmares

Science and Technology in Myth and Fiction

By: Mordecai Roshwald, Donald E. Palumbo (Editor), C.W. Sullivan III (Editor)

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Paperback | 18 April 2008

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This book studies the treatment of science and technology from ancient myths to current works, demonstrating the importance of science to human civilization as evidenced in literature. Works studied include the Bible, Greek mythology, tales from the Middle Ages (including those about the Golem and Dr. Faustus), Gulliver''s Travels, Frankenstein, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and works by Jules Verne, H.G. Wells, George Orwell, Bertrand Russell, and Aldous Huxley, among others.

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