Science and literature : bridging the two cultures / David L. Wilson and Zack Bowen.
- Wilson, David L., 1943-
- Date:
- [2001], ©2001
- Books
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Publication/Creation
Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2001], ©2001.
Physical description
xiii, 252 pages ; 24 cm
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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 lot49 -- 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.
Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-246) and index.
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Location Status History of MedicineCU /WILOpen shelves
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- 0813022835