num_pages: 432
description: They were mad, of course. Or evil. Or godless, amoral, arrogant, impersonal, and inhuman. At best, they were well-intentioned but blind to the dangers of forces they barely controlled. They were Faust and Frankenstein, Jekyll and Moreau, Caligari and Strangelove--the scientists of film and fiction, cultural archetypes that reflected ancient fears of tampering with the unknown or unleashing the little-understood powers of nature. In From Faust to Strangelove Roslyn Haynes offers the first detailed and comprehensive study of the image of the scientist in Western literature and film--from medieval images of alchemists to present-day depictions of cyberpunks and genetic engineers.
language: English
title: From Faust to Strangelove: Representations of the Scientist in Western Literature
titlecomplete: From Faust to Strangelove: Representations of the Scientist in Western Literature
genres: Science, History, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 18
publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press