num_pages: 368
description: Traces the history of the mad scientist character in novels, films, and popular culture, and describes how this figure reflects anxieties about scientific and technological change
language: English
title: Screams of Reason: Mad Science in Modern Culture
titlecomplete: Screams of Reason: Mad Science in Modern Culture
genres: Pop Culture, Literary Criticism, Media Tie In, History, Cultural Studies, Science, Horror, Film, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 83
publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc