Science and literature : bridging the two cultures /
Wilson, David L. 1943-
Science and literature : bridging the two cultures / David L. Wilson and Zack Bowen. - xiii, 252 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-246) and index.
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. Uncertainty, Bias, Determinism, and Free Will. Language and Uncertainty -- Preparing for Pynchon: Thermodynamics, Maxwell's Demon, Information, and Meaning -- Thomas Pynchon's The Crying of Lot 49 -- Perception and Reality. Human Perception. Reality and Representation -- Revolutions in Science -- Cycles and History/Yeats -- Ethics and Morality in Science and Technology -- Brave New World -- Summary -- Science and Literature - The Course -- The Science Gap. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Pt. 1. Pt. 2. 7. 8. 9. Pt. 1. Pt. 2. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. App. A. App. B.
0813022835 9780813022833
2001048075
Literature and science
PN55 / .W55 2001
801
Science and literature : bridging the two cultures / David L. Wilson and Zack Bowen. - xiii, 252 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-246) and index.
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. Uncertainty, Bias, Determinism, and Free Will. Language and Uncertainty -- Preparing for Pynchon: Thermodynamics, Maxwell's Demon, Information, and Meaning -- Thomas Pynchon's The Crying of Lot 49 -- Perception and Reality. Human Perception. Reality and Representation -- Revolutions in Science -- Cycles and History/Yeats -- Ethics and Morality in Science and Technology -- Brave New World -- Summary -- Science and Literature - The Course -- The Science Gap. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Pt. 1. Pt. 2. 7. 8. 9. Pt. 1. Pt. 2. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. App. A. App. B.
0813022835 9780813022833
2001048075
Literature and science
PN55 / .W55 2001
801