Yes, the writings of scientists have emerged wonderfully. I would also recognize the key role of science fiction writers in this: Azimov, Clarke, Heinlien, Gibson, and more recently Stephenson (sp?) paved the way. The first two are engineers and scientists is their own right, too.
Cheers, Lawry > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Keith Hudson > Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2003 9:41 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [Futurework] The modern story-tellers > > > One of the most brilliant media intellectuals in England is Andrew Marr. > This is what he says of the bunch of people I tend to pay attention to > rather than modern artists or philosophers: > > "The most poetic, agonised character I've had on START THE WEEK recently > came on this week. Paul Broks's book INTO THE SILENT LAND is rich with > disturbing images, eerie characters and wistful philosophical reflections. > > "The thing is, he isn't a poet, novelist or philosopher, but a > neuropsychologist. There is a trend here: works by doctors and > scientists, > from Oliver Sacks to Daniel Dennett, Dawkins to Ridley, books about the > brain, or autism, or evolution, are starting to challenge the role of > literature in attempting to describe and probe life's puzzles, curios and > happiness. > > "These people are story-tellers for a science-literate population, whose > influence is as great as Balzac's or Tennyson's once was. And in terms of > sheer prose ability, they are the modern masters." > > [Editor's note: Andrew Marr is host of START THE WEEK, the > leading cultural > magazine program on British radio, a former Editor of THE > INDEPENDENT, and > the present BBC Television Chief Political Correspondent.] > > [KH: The Editor is John Brockman of Edge Foundation] > > > Keith Hudson, 6 Upper Camden Place, Bath, England > > _______________________________________________ > Futurework mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework > _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
