Besides the individual essays by scientists contributing to Challenging the Divide, more and more sources became available. Whoever I spoke to about this project suggested another avenue for exploration. That is how, for example, I found a zoologist and creative writer working with students, most often, science students in the University of Warwick. It was evident that more and more people have been frustrated by the tunnel vision evident in the 'divide' brought into the twentieth century schooling systems here and in the United Kingdom.

One of the unexpected sources, not mentioned in the book but worth following up, was found in novels by Ian McEwan. His novels are not science-fiction. In the novels of his that I have read the impact of the sciences, past and present, may be subtly and not so subtly incorporated into the story, either as the world around the characters or connected with a character. His novel, Saturday depended on close research into the work of a neuro-surgeon. In his novel The Child in Time, Thelma, the wife of the Stephen's publisher, is a physicist. Stephen is a writer of children's books. His daughter has been kidnapped. He is living with the guilt that he turned his head away for a second. And he is living with the uncertainty of whether she is alive or dead. He is staying with his friends. The wife, Thelma, is trying to help him deal with his anguish. This conversation, that takes the reader into contemporary theories in physics, takes place after their evening meal. While interested browsers can find their conversation with the 'tutorial' by Thelma from pp 124 - 131, it is better to put this conversation about the complexities in current physics theories in the context of the whole story and read the book. Ian McEwan, The Child in Time, Vintage Books, London, 1992, originally published in 1987.

Other unexpected sources came from broadcasts on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Radio National. They keep coming as I listen to Radio National and learn more about the interdisciplinary connections being made.

This website will add more sources as they indicate the increasing awareness of the need to connect the sciences and the humanities throughout the pre-tertiary and tertiary years of education.