The Routledge Companion to Literature and Science

With over fifty newly commissioned essays from leading scholars, The Routledge Companion to Literature and Science traces interaction, reaction and conflict between these two disciplines. Divided into four main sections, this volume:uncovers links between literature and diverse areas of science, from Artificial Intelligence to thermodynamics provides a broad survey of current theoretical and disciplinary approaches considers the interaction between literature and science within diverse cultures and different periods offers a chronology of key events in the history of literature and science.Ranging from the 'two cultures' debate to the 'posthumanities' arguments of the present day, this volume offers a comprehensive and indispensible resource for undergraduates, postgraduates and researchers.