Crossroads. Where science and literature meet

Abstract

The world in which we live is becoming ever-more globalised, with a clear predominance of information and communications media, packed with interactivity and feedback. This makes it more diffi cult to sustain the increasingly topical idea of a potential schism between scientifi c-technical and artistic knowledge. Of all types of artistic expression, probably literature has most clearly shown us the blurred line between science and art. Indeed literature has historically contributed not only texts that recreate scientifi c activity, but that also refl ect on the moral implications – both social and ethical – of science, as a human construct.