Seminar Summary by Margaret Thomas Buchholz
In January, I attended the Key West Literary Seminar, which was billed as “Science and Literature: Narratives of Discovery.” When I signed up, I didn’t know quite what I was in for …
Coverage of the 2001 Seminar: "Science and Literature: Narratives of Discovery"
John Hersey Memorial Address: Stephen Jay Gould
Presenters: Natalie Angier, Carl Djerassi, Barbara Ehrenreich, Timothy Ferris, Ira Flatow, Robin Fox, Murray Gell-Mann, James Gleick, Stephen Jay Gould, Roald Hoffmann, Sue Hubbell, Lynn Margulis, Dorion Sagan, Dava Sobel, Marcia Southwick, Steven Weinberg, and Jonathan Weiner
Writers’ Workshop Faculty: Paulette Bates Alden, Alan Cheuse, Lee Gutkind, Richard Panek, Timothy Seldes, and Susan Shreve
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Both Nothing Special & Very Special
Stephen Jay Gould -
Narratives of Discovery
Dava Sobel -
The Secular Imagination
Steven Weinberg -
Questions from the Audience
Dava Sobel, Steven Weinberg -
On Science Writing
Timothy Ferris -
What is the Impulse to Write Literature about Science?
Carl Djerassi, Dava Sobel, James Gleick, Natalie Angier, Roald Hoffmann -
Science & Literature: Poetry
Marcia Southwick, Richard Hartice, Roald Hoffmann, William Meredith -
Complexity & Simplicity in Literature & Science
Marcia Southwick, Murray Gell-Man -
The Nature of Genius
Carl Djerassi, Dava Sobel, Jonathan Weiner, Lynn Margulis -
How Do You Tell the Story of the Universe?
Jonathan Weiner, Richard Panek, Timothy Ferris -
The Creative Process in Science & Literature
James Gleick, Jonathan Weiner, Lynn Margulis, Murray Gell-Man -
What’s Left for the Writer?
Natalie Angier, Timothy Ferris -
Science & Literature
Dava Sobel, Lynn Margulis, Roald Hoffmann, Stephen Jay Gould -
Science & Literature: Oxygen
Carl Djerassi, Joan McGillis, Roald Hoffmann -
New Paradigms
Jonathan Weiner, Lynn Margulis, Murray Gell-Man, Stephen Jay Gould -
Faster & Faster
James Gleick -
Who are the Gatekeepers?
James Gleick, Natalie Angier, Steven Weinberg, Timothy Ferris -
What are the Big Questions? Does Science Have the Answers?
Murray Gell-Man, Roald Hoffmann, Steven Weinberg