Over the last few years playwrights have drawn inspiration from the world of science. Tom Stoppard's Hapgood was among the first plays to explore modern physics. Michael Frayn's Copenhagen is based on the visitation that German physicist Werner Heisenberg made to Copenhagen to see Niels Bohr. This play is not about science, the unearthing of facts, the scientific method of postulates and theorems. It's about humanity. Science was created and is applied by people—flawed, emotion filled, and driven people. Yet, this play has proven to us that science is indeed a fount for creative inspiration. The reason why this is so is because science, although driven by the need to know, is also a creative endeavor—an artistic expression of humankind. Maybe playwrights and scientist are not so different. Maybe they can learn from each other.

Arguably, plays about science can placed in two categories, even though the dividing line is not fixed because many plays may possess both elements.......

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Title: Three Scientists
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