Jay A. Labinger

Connecting Literature and Science

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 258
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Mai 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 379g
• ISBN-13: 9781032129129
• ISBN-10: 1032129123
• Artikelnr.: 67824115

Autorenporträt

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