This book presents a case for engagement between the sciences and
the humanities. The author, a professional chemist, seeks to
demonstrate that the connections between those fields of
intellectual activity are far more significant than anything that
separates them. The book combines a historical survey of the
relationships between science and literature with a number of case
studies that examine specific scientific episodes-several drawn
from the author's own research-juxtaposed with a variety of
literary works spanning a wide range of period and genre-Dante to
detective fiction, War and Peace to White Teeth-to elicit their
common themes. The work argues for an empirical, non-theory-based
approach, one that is closely analogous to connectionist models of
brain development and function, and that can appeal to general
readers, as well as to literary scholars and practicing scientists,
who are open to the idea that literature and science should not be
compartmentalized.
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