Houston, we have a narrative : why science needs story / Randy Olson.

Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2015.

vii, 260 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

I. Introduction. Why science needs story -- II. Thesis. 1. Science is stuck in a narrative world... ; 2. And the humanities ought to help... ; 3. But the humanities are useless for this... ; 4. Therefore Hollywood to the rescue -- III. Antithesis. 5. Methods: Narrative tools -- the WSP model ; 6. Methods: Word -- the Dobzhansky template ; 7. Methods: Sentence -- the ABT template ; 8. Methods: Paragraph -- the hero's journey" ; 9. Results: The narrative spectrum ; 10. Results: Four case studies -- IV. Synthesis. 11. Science needs story... ; 12. And Hollywood can help... ; 13. But narrative training requires a different mindset... ; 14. Therefore I recommend story circles -- Appendix 1. The narrative tools -- Appendix 2. Narrative vocabulary -- Appendix 3. Twitter "stories".

Includes bibliographical references and index.