Abstract:More than a century-old gap of mutual incomprehension between social scientists and humanities scholars, famously pointed out by C. P. Snow in 1961, has resulted in the formation of two cultures -the sciences and the arts -which have ceased to communicate over a period of time. In the late 1980s, however, Carl Djerassi's invention of a new literary genre called science-in-theatre paved the way for the development of a 'third culture'. In focusing on this interface between scientific knowledge and humanistic en… Show more
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