| Description |
xiii, 252 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-246) and index. |
| Contents |
Origins -- How to do science -- Can there be a science of humans? -- Darwinism, and knowledge and power : historical perspectives and politics in science and the humanities -- Darwin and The French lieutenant's woman -- Uncertainty : pt. 1. Uncertainty, bias, determinism, and free will ; pt. 2. Language and uncertainty -- Preparing for Pynchon : thermodynamics, Maxwell's demon, information, and meaning -- Thomas Pynchon's The crying of lot 49 -- Perception and reality : pt. 1. Human perception ; pt. 2. Reality and representation -- Revolutions in science -- Cycles and history/Yeats -- Ethics and morality in science and technology -- Brave new world -- Summary -- Appendix A: Science and literature- the course -- Appendix B: The science gap. |
| Subject |
Literature and science.
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| Added Author |
Bowen, Zack R.
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| ISBN |
0813022835 (alk. paper) |
| Standard No. |
UKM bA210929 |
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