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Chemistry In Theatre: Insufficiency, Phallacy Or Both Carl Djerassi (Stanford Univ, Usa)

Chemistry In Theatre: Insufficiency, Phallacy Or Both By Carl Djerassi (Stanford Univ, Usa)

Chemistry In Theatre: Insufficiency, Phallacy Or Both by Carl Djerassi (Stanford Univ, Usa)


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Examines the questions: What can science do for the theatre? And what can the theatre do for science? which raise challenges for both theatre professionals and scientists. This book includes texts of the author's two plays, Insufficiency and Phallacy, to offer concrete examples of plays dealing with actual (rather than invented) chemistry.

Chemistry In Theatre: Insufficiency, Phallacy Or Both Summary

Chemistry In Theatre: Insufficiency, Phallacy Or Both by Carl Djerassi (Stanford Univ, Usa)

This book examines the questions What can science do for the theatre? and What can the theatre do for science? which raise challenges for both theatre professionals and scientists. Unusually, this book deals with plays first and foremost as reading material - as texts to be read alone or in dramatic readings - rather than emphasizing performances on the stage. Concrete examples are given to demonstrate the potential pedagogic value of using the dialogic style and plot structure of plays in science, with a special focus on chemistry.Very few books have dealt with the subject of science-in-theatre and virtually none with chemistry-in-theatre. Texts of the author's two recent plays, Insufficiency and Phallacy, are included in their entirety to offer concrete examples of plays dealing with actual (rather than invented) chemistry. Insufficiency represents an example from the field of beer and champagne bubbles, where the topics of academic tenure and fashion in chemistry are analyzed, whereas in Phallacy, a case history of the similarities and differences between science and art is presented for debate.

Table of Contents

Foreword: Plays on the Page Rather than Stage; Plays Dealing with Chemistry; Insufficiency: A Play in 9 Scenes; Phallacy: A Play in 27 Scenes.

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GOR013550275
9781848169388
1848169388
Chemistry In Theatre: Insufficiency, Phallacy Or Both by Carl Djerassi (Stanford Univ, Usa)
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Imperial College Press
2012-03-26
132
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