Dreams and Nightmares

<p> This book studies the treatment of science and technology from ancient myths to current works demonstrating the importance of science to human civilization as evidenced in literature. Works studied include the Bible Greek mythology tales from the Middle Ages (including those about the Golem and Dr. Faustus) <I>Gulliver's Travels Frankenstein Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde</I> and works by Jules Verne H.G. Wells George Orwell Bertrand Russell and Aldous Huxley among others.</p>