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Staging Science: Scientific Performance on Street, Stage and Screen
Martin Willis (Ed.)
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Description for Staging Science: Scientific Performance on Street, Stage and Screen
Hardback. Editor(s): Willis, Martin. Series: Palgrave Studies in Literature, Science and Medicine. Num Pages: 140 pages, 2 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: AN; DSB; DSBF; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 219 x 15. Weight in Grams: 330.
This book considers scientific performances across two centuries, from the early nineteenth century to the present day. Performances include demonstrations of technologies, experiments that look like theatre, theatre that looks like science, tourist representations and natural history film-making. Its key aim is to open debate on how scientific activity, both historical and contemporary, might be understood in the context of performance studies and the imaginative acts required to stage engaging performances. Scientific performances have become increasingly of interest to historians of science, literature and science scholars, and in the field of science studies. As yet, however, no work has ... Read more
This book considers scientific performances across two centuries, from the early nineteenth century to the present day. Performances include demonstrations of technologies, experiments that look like theatre, theatre that looks like science, tourist representations and natural history film-making. Its key aim is to open debate on how scientific activity, both historical and contemporary, might be understood in the context of performance studies and the imaginative acts required to stage engaging performances. Scientific performances have become increasingly of interest to historians of science, literature and science scholars, and in the field of science studies. As yet, however, no work has ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
Series
Palgrave Studies in Literature, Science and Medicine
Number of Pages
140
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137499936
SKU
V9781137499936
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About Martin Willis (Ed.)
Martin Willis is Professor of English at Cardiff University, UK. His recent books include Literature and Science (2015) and Vision, Science and Literature, 1870-1920 (2011), which won both the BSLS and the ESSE Book Prizes in 2012. He is editor of the Journal of Literature and Science and Chair of the British Society for Literature and Science.
Reviews for Staging Science: Scientific Performance on Street, Stage and Screen
Staging Science is able to offer up-to-date work for those who are already active in the field of science and performance. But the collection is also an excellent resource for those who are new to the topic. The fact that all of the contributors are experts in their fields, and that the chapters are accompanied by comprehensive bibliographies, also makes ... Read more