Literature and science may seem like opposite ends of the spectrum, but reading can have an impact on even the most scientific of brains. A new film series reveals the reading habits of eight Cambridge scientists and peeks inside the covers of the books that have played a major role in their lives.
The Novel Thoughts film series begins on 8 June with physicist Dr Paul Coxon sharing his childhood reading about the quirky adventures of a boy inventor in the novel SOS Bobomobile. New films will be released every Monday and Friday until 3 July and scientists worldwide are being encouraged to tweet their own inspirational book using #novelthoughts.
View the series below:
Novel Thoughts #1: Paul Coxon on Jan Wahl’s SOS Bobomobile
Novel Thoughts #2: Clare Bryant on AS Byatt’s Possession
Novel Thoughts #3: Karen Yu on George Lucas’ Star Wars
Novel Thoughts #4: Simon Redfern on Chinghiz Aitmatov’s Jamila
Novel Thoughts #5: Juliet Foster on Susan Fromberg Schaeffer’s The Madness of a Seduced Woman
Novel Thoughts #6: Guy Pearson on Thomas Hardy’s Under the Greenwood Tree
Novel Thoughts #7: Carol Brayne on Charles Dickens and George Eliot
Novel Thoughts #8: Amy Milton on Hubert Selby’s Requiem for a Dream




