Those registering for Summmer 2006 for English 302BN1 and BN2, and those registering Fall 2006 for English 302N13, N15, and N02 may want to have an idea of what we will read, watch and write about. I provide the following for anyone who registers for these sections for these coming terms and qwho wants to read ahead. The list is not yet finalized. It contains books and films we may possibly cover.

Summer2006

Advanced Composition on the Natural Sciences and Technology

• B session: English 302BN1 (Tues/Thurs, 4:30-7:10 pm).
• B session: Engilsh 302BN2 (Tues/Thurs, 7:20-10:00 pm).

Required Books

• Trimble, John. Writing with Style: Conversations on the art of writing. NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1999. Second edition. ISBN 0-13-025713-3.
• Feynman, Richard and Ralph Leighton. Surely You're Joking, Mr Feynman! NY: Norton, 1997. ISBN 0-393-31604-1.
• Feynman, Richard and Ralph Leighton. "What Do YOU Care What Other People Think?" NY: Norton, 2001. ISBN 0-393-32092-8.
• Sobel, Dava. Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of his Time. NY: Penguin, 1995. ISBN 0140258795
• LeCarre, John. The Constant Gardener. Pocket Star (July 26, 2005) or Scribner's. ISBN 141653900 (but any edition will do).
• Ofri, Danielle. Singular Intimacies: Becoming a Doctor at Bellevue. New York: Penguin, 1987. ISBN 0-14-2004383.
• Edson, Margaret. Wit: A Play. New York: Faber and Faber, 1999. ISBN 0- 571- 19877-5.

Possible Films

• Ralph Leighton's The Last Journey of a Genius. A BBC/NOVA film, 54 minutes, January 1989. This is a film portrait biography of Richard Feynman.
• Peter Jones and David R. Axelrod's Lost at Sea: The Search for Longitude. A 1998 NOVA film, 60 minutes. Narrated by Richard Dreyfuss, with Patrick Malahide as John Harrison.
• The Constant Gardener, from screenplay by Jeffrey Caine, directed by Fernando Meirelles, produced by Scion and UK Films, starring Ralph Fiennes as Justin Quayle, Rachel Weisz as Tessa Quayle, Hubert Koundé as Arnold Bluhm, Danny Huston as Sandy Woodrow, Bill Nighy as Sir Bernard Pellegrin 129 minutes.
• Wit, HBO film, made for TV, from a screenplay by Emma Thompson and Mike Nichols, adapted from the Pulitzer Prize winning play by Margaret Edson, produced by Simon Bosanquet, directed by Mike Nichols, starring Emma Thompson as Vivan Bearing, Christopher Lloyd as Dr. Kelekian, Eileen Atkins as E.M. Ashford, Audra McDonald as Susie Monahan, Jonathan M. Woodward as Jason Posner, Harold Pinter as Vivian's Father, and Rebecca Laurie as Vivian aged 5. 98 minutes.

Fall 2006

Advanced Composition on the Natural Sciences and Technology

• English 302N13 (Tues, 7:20-10:00 pm).
• Engilsh 302N15 (Thurs, 4:30-7:10 pm).
• English 302N02 (Thurs, 7:20-10:00 pm).

Required Books

• Trimble, John. Writing with Style: Conversations on the art of writing. NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1999. Second edition. ISBN 0-13-025713-3.
• Feynman, Richard and Ralph Leighton. Surely You're Joking, Mr Feynman! NY: Norton, 1997. ISBN 0-393-31604-1.
• Feynman, Richard and Ralph Leighton. "What Do YOU Care What Other People Think?" NY: Norton, 2001. ISBN 0-393-32092-8.
• Olson, Steven. Mapping Human History: Genes, Race and Our Common Origins. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 2002. ISBN: 0-618-35210-4
• Sobel, Dava. Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of his Time. NY: Penguin, 1995. ISBN 0140258795.
• LeCarre, John. The Constant Gardener. Pocket Star (July 26, 2005) or Scribner's. ISBN 141653900 or 034073339X (but any edition will do).
• Ofri, Danielle. Singular Intimacies: Becoming a Doctor at Bellevue. New York: Penguin, 1987. ISBN 0-14-2004383.
• Edson, Margaret. Wit: A Play. New York: Faber and Faber, 1999. ISBN 0- 571- 19877-5.

Required Films (in the order we'll see them)

• Ralph Leighton's The Last Journey of a Genius. A BBC/NOVA film, 54 minutes, January 1989. This is a film portrait biography of Richard Feynman.
• Peter Jones and David R. Axelrod's Lost at Sea: The Search for Longitude. A 1998 NOVA film, 60 minutes. Narrated by Richard Dreyfuss, with Patrick Malahide as John Harrison.
• Christopher Hale's In Search of the First Language. A 1997 Horizon, WGBH, BBC-TV film. Narrated Peter Thomas. Editors include Adam de Van, Jana Bennet. 60 minutes.
• Christopher Hale's In Search of the First Language. A 1997 Horizon, WGBH, BBC-TV film. Narrated Peter Thomas. Editors include Adam de Van, Jana Bennet. 60 minutes.
• The Constant Gardener, from screenplay by Jeffrey Caine, directed by Fernando Meirelles, produced by Scion and UK Films (2005), starring Ralph Fiennes as Justin Quayle, Rachel Weisz as Tessa Quayle, Hubert Kound as Arnold Bluhm, Danny Huston as Sandy Woodrow, Bill Nighy as Sir Bernard Pellegrin. 129 minutes.
• Wit, HBO film, made for TV, from a screenplay by Emma Thompson and Mike Nichols, adapted from the Pulitzer Prize winning play by Margaret Edson. Directed by Mike Nichols, starring Emma Thompson as Vivan Bearing, Christopher Lloyd as Dr. Kelekian, Eileen Atkins as E.M. Ashford, Audra McDonald as Susie Monahan, Jonathan M. Woodward as Jason Posner, Harold Pinter as Vivian's Father, and Rebecca Laurie as Vivian aged 5. A professor is diagnosed with terminal ovarian cancer. 98 minutes.