Hi Gloria,

Yes, that does make more sense.  The period is earlier than mine–I work in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, with a  focus on Romantic poets and “scientists.” Certainly, the moment has come for consilience.  I think a film that shows how the past couple hundred  years are relatively unique in our aggressive separation of the…[Read more]

Hi Gloria,

Just out of curiosity, why Galileo and Shakespeare? There are so many examples of poets and men of science who really did cross the line between arts and sciences. Why not some of them?

Cheers,

Lisa Ann