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With forty-four newly commissioned articles from an international cast of leading scholars, The Routledge Companion to Literature and Science traces the network of connections among literature, science, technology, mathematics, and medicine. Divided into three main sections, this volume: links diverse literatures to scientific disciplines from Artificial Intelligence to Thermodynamics surveys current theoretical and disciplinary approaches from Animal Studies to Semiotics traces the history and culture of literature and science from Greece and Rome to Postmodernism. Ranging from classical origins and modern revolutions to current developments in cultural science studies and the posthumanities, this indispensible volume offers a comprehensive resource for undergraduates, postgraduates, and researchers. With authoritative, accessible, and succinct treatments of the sciences in their literary dimensions and cultural frameworks, here is the essential guide to this vibrant area of study.
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THE ROUTLEDGE COMPANION TO LITERATURE AND SCIENCE
With forty-four newly commissioned articles from an international cast of leading scholars, The Routledge Companion to Literature and Science traces the network of connections among literature, science, technology, mathematics, and medicine. Divided into three main sections, this volume: links diverse literatures to scientific disciplines from Artificial Intelligence to Thermodynamics surveys current theoretical and disciplinary approaches from Animal Studies to Semiotics traces the history and culture of literature and science from Greece and Rome to postmodernism. Ranging from classical origins and modern revolutions to current developments in cultural science studies and the posthumanities, this indispensable volume offers a comprehensive resource for undergraduates, postgraduates, and researchers. With authoritative, accessible, and succinct treatments of the sciences in their literary dimensions and cultural frameworks, here is the essential guide to this vibrant area of study. Contributors: Stacy Alaimo, David Amigoni, Neil Badmington, Søren Brier, John Bruni, Gordon Calleja, Ivan Callus, Bruce Clarke, Paul Cobley, Lucinda Cole, T. Hugh Crawford, Emma Gee, Mark B.N. Hansen, Stefan Herbrechter, Noah Heringman, John Johnston, Vicki Kirby, Kenneth J. Knoespel, Jay Labinger, Thomas Lamarre, Melissa M. Littlefield, Ira Livingston, Robert Markley, Maureen McNeil, Colin Milburn, Mark S. Morrisson, Richard Nash, Alfred Nordmann, Stephen A. Norwick, Robert Pepperell, Arkady Plotnitsky, Virginia Richter, Judith Roof, Brian Rotman, George Rousseau, Arielle Saiber, Henning Schmidgen, Philipp Schweighauser, Sabine Sielke, Alvin Snider, Susan M. Squier, Joseph Tabbi, Dirk Vanderbeke, and Lisa Yaszek. Bruce Clarke is Professor of Literature and Science at Texas Tech University, and past President of the Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts. Manuela Rossini is Project Manager at the td-net for Transdisciplinary Research of the Swiss Academies of the Arts and Sciences in Bern.
THE ROUTLEDGE COMPANION TO LITERATURE AND SCIENCE
Edited by Bruce Clarke with Manuela Rossini
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