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Science & Drama

Curtain Up: An Annotated List of Science Plays Reviewed.

Chloe Veltman, "Unraveling the Drama of Science," Slate, 5/1/2002.

Joe Palca, "Exploring the Drama of Science, Faithfully," Where Science Meets Art, NPR Series, 9/25/2004. (audio)

Carl Djerassi, "When is 'Science on Stage' Really Science?," American Theatre, Vol. 24 (January 2007), pp. 96-103.

Science Treads the Boards, PhysicsWeb Forum, 10/2004.

Kirsten Shepherd-Barr, Chapter One, Science on Stage: From Doctor Faustus to Copenhagen (Princeton University Press, 7/19/2006).

Lauren Gunderson, "Science on Stage: Why Science Works for Theatre," Hybrid Vigor, Life & Death (Emory University), Spring 2004.

Panel Discussion, "The Copenhagen Interpretation: Exploring Science on Stage," Engineering & Science No. 3/4, 2001. (pdf)

Science & Literature

Matthew Arnold, "Literature and Science," 1882.

C.P. Snow, "The Two Cultures," New Statesman, 10/6/1956.

The Humanities and the Sciences, Conference Paper Panel, American Council of Learned Societies, 5/1/1999.

Jarom McDonald, "'Forces Wholly New': A Perspective from Late 19th Century Academia on the Relationship between Poetry and Science," academic web site, University of Maryland, 5/25/2000.

"Beauty in Science and Literature," a web cast conversation between novelist Ben Okri and neuroscientist Nancy Rothwell, The Royal Society, 9/14/2004.

Michelle Kendrick and Robert M. Markley, "From Tool to Artefact: The New Cultural Study of Science," posted at The Society for Literature, Science and the Arts, updated 5/20/2002.

Rachel Galvin, "Conversing with the World: The Poet in Society," no date, Poets.org.

 Poetry & Science, an ezine

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Science, Technology, and Women, Virtual Library, Center for Women & Work, UMass Lowell

EUROPA >  European Commission >  Research >  Science and Society > Women and Science

Gender & Science Links, UMass Amherst

"The Science of Science and Gender," debate sponsored by the Harvard University Mind/Brain/Behavior Initiative, 4/22/2005.

Women, Gender, and Science Links, resource web site, no author, no date.

Po-Ling Loh, "Curing Science's Gender Imbalance," Business Week, 3/17/2005.

Barbara Kantrowitz, "Sex and Science," Newsweek, 1/31/2006.

Lori Bettison-Varga and Charles Kammer, "Science, Gender, and the Environment," Diversity Digest, Vol. 9, No. 3 (2006).

Professional Ethics

Multidisciplinary Articles on Science & Society from UML Library

 (Note: To access these articles, you must be currently enrolled or employed at UMass Lowell)

Selected Commentary on Contemporary Ethical Issues and Debates

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