ENGL255

Literature of Science and Technology

Examines science and technology through the lens of British and American literature, primarily between 1800 and the present. Readings from early natural and experimental philosophers of the Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment. How literary works represent the ethics of science and technology; beneficial developments of science, and also heavy toll of industrialization. Writers studied may include Francis Bacon, Mary Shelley, Charles Darwin, H.G. Wells, Albert Einstein, Aldous Huxley, Richard Feynman, Philip K. Dick, Octavia Butler, Michael Frayn, and Tom Stoppard.

Fall 2024

18 reviews
Average rating: 4.56

Spring 2024

6 reviews
Average rating: 4.83

Fall 2023

10 reviews
Average rating: 4.30

Spring 2023

25 reviews
Average rating: 4.92

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