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Roshwald Mordecai Roshwald
Dreams and Nightmares [PDF ebook]
Science and Technology in Myth and Fiction

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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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Langue Anglais ● Format PDF ● Pages 227 ● ISBN 9781476620367 ● Éditeur Sullivan III C.W. Sullivan III & Palumbo Donald E. Palumbo ● Maison d’édition McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers ● Publié 2014 ● Téléchargeable 3 fois ● Devise EUR ● ID 5898864 ● Protection contre la copie Adobe DRM

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