Lablit – Page 2 – The culture of science in fiction and fact

Chapter Ten: The Promise

Richard P Grant | 25 July 2021

“You’ve done something here, Mike!” Slater shook his head. “I can’t let you leave now, there’s still too much to do. We can find a way through this.”

Or rather, science they write. Seven fiction writers – Ann Lingard, Pippa Goldschmidt, Rebecca Stott, Tracy Chevalier, Jennifer Cryer, Jennifer Rohn and Rebecca Nesbit – have kindly agreed to contribute to a study focused on the relationships between science and literary fiction

Scientists deserve happy endings too

Sarah G. | 10 April 2021

Academia provides the backdrop for Christina Lauren’s 2018 romance novel My Favorite Half-Night Stand. It follows a group of five thirty-something best friends, all faculty…

Chapter Nine: The Infection

Richard P Grant | 28 February 2021

Slater was headed his way, but not looking where he was going. Why was he so pale?

Taking control of the narrative

Rebecca Nesbit | 1 January 2021

I read about the case in an old copy of New Scientist, and pinned the article to my noticeboard. My thoughts kept turning to the implications, for our criminal justice system and for the people around him.

Scene through a picture window

Peter Roberts | 29 November 2020

I’m not ready yet to lose myself in unity, annihilated into oneness, universal numbness

The science of coincidence
(or the Law of Truly Large Numbers)

Gavin Milnthorpe | 29 November 2020

Because it is Science that will be my chief witness today. Logic shall be my defence. Fact shall be my evidence.

Chapter Eight: The Sample

Richard P Grant | 15 November 2020

“But she died of chikungunya fever. And you had some in the lab. Is it possible she could have been infected by it?”

Interviews

João Ramalho-Santos | 11 October 2020

Without a word he hands me the document from his lawyer. Even I recognize the high-powered firm.

Chapter Seven: The Institute

Richard P Grant | 24 July 2020

Max sat on a bench, smoking his fifth cigarette of the morning and keeping his eyes fixed on the main entrance of the Wolfhaven Institute.

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