This work presents a case for engagement between the sciences and the humanities - focusing particularly on literature- and an empirical, non-theory-based approach thereto.
This work presents a case for engagement between the sciences and the humanities - focusing particularly on literature- and an empirical, non-theory-based approach thereto.
Jay A. Labinger is the Administrator of the Beckman Institute at the California Institute of Technology. Trained as an organometallic chemist, he has published 200+ technical papers and patents, and 20+ non-technical essays, along with books on the history of chemistry and sociology of science. He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Inhaltsangabe
1. Introduction 2. A Brief History of Literature and Science 3. The Science Wars 4. Models of Engagement 5. Encoding an Infinite Message: Richard Powers's The Gold Bug Variations 6. Is That a Coded Message? It May Not Be So Simple! 7. Found in Translation 8. Entropy as Time's (Double-Headed) Arrow in Tom Stoppard's Arcadia 9. Chirality and Life 10. Making New Life 11. The End of Irony and/or the End of Science? 12. Conclusion Appendix 1: Some Details of the Chemistry Appendix 2: Suggestions for Further Reading
1. Introduction 2. A Brief History of Literature and Science 3. The Science Wars 4. Models of Engagement 5. Encoding an Infinite Message: Richard Powers's The Gold Bug Variations 6. Is That a Coded Message? It May Not Be So Simple! 7. Found in Translation 8. Entropy as Time's (Double-Headed) Arrow in Tom Stoppard's Arcadia 9. Chirality and Life 10. Making New Life 11. The End of Irony and/or the End of Science? 12. Conclusion Appendix 1: Some Details of the Chemistry Appendix 2: Suggestions for Further Reading
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