Surrealism, art, and modern science : relativity, quantum mechanics, epistemology / Gavin Parkinson.

  • Parkinson, Gavin.
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[2008], ©2008
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New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, [2008], ©2008.

Physical description

viii, 294 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 27 cm

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Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-281) and index.

Contents

Modern physics and its philosophy: the reception in France -- Relativity and epistemology: Andre Breton and Gaston Bachelard -- Epistemology of physics and politics: Gaston Bachelard and surrealism -- Astrophysics and mysticism: Georges Bataille and Arthur Eddington -- Quantum mechanics and particle physics: Matta, Wolfgang Paalen, Max Ernst -- Relativity and the fourth dimension: Salvador Dali and Roger Caillois -- Coda: nuclear physics and the cold war: surrealism and Salvador Dali.

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    History of Medicine
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  • 9780300098877
  • 0300098871