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.