Engagement with science was commonly used as an emblem of "Being modern", across culture in Britain and the western world in the years around the First World War. Morag Shiach is the Professor of Cultural History in the School of English and Drama, and also Director of Creativeworks London. Like the film? Buy the book. [amazon_link asins='0199536600,0198752350,0521119022,B00HK2XSG4,0415013348' template='ProductCarousel' store='faculti-21' marketplace='UK' link_id='24ee4002-bed3-11e7-9231-5decb318ea19']