Dr. Brian Whitlock

Book Cover Image

Book Details

Title

The Great Divorce

Author

C.S. Lewis

Award Year
ISBN
9780061774195

Honoree Information

Dr. Brian Whitlock

Position

Professor

Department

Large Animal Clinical Sciences

Occasion

On the occasion of Dr. Brian K. Whitlock's promotion to Professor

Why Chosen

E.O. Wilson wrote in his book, Letters to a Young Scientist, "The ideal scientist thinks like a poet and only later works like a bookkeeper. Keep in mind that innovators in both literature and science are basically dreamers and storytellers." The writings of C.S. Lewis, especially his fictional work, like the allegorical/suppositional style in which he wrote The Great Divorce, cultivate my imagination and grow my passions, even as an adult.