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Simplicity and Complexity: Pondering Literature, Science, and Painting (Studies In Literature And Science) - Hardcover

Merrell, Floyd Fenly

 
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ISBN 10: 0472108603 ISBN 13: 9780472108602
Publisher: University of Michigan Press, 1998

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Behind every apparently placid surface there lies an unruly ocean of complexity. Fractals, chaos theory, and dissipative structures bear witness to these hidden complexities of the universe. Complementing these ideas in the sciences, fiction from the likes of Jorge Luis Borges, Italo Calvino, Thomas Pynchon, and Samuel Beckett reveals our deep-seated desire for simplicity while we are obliged to learn to cope with complexity. And painting, especially since Paul...

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  • PublisherUniversity of Michigan Press
  • Publication date1998
  • ISBN 10 0472108603
  • ISBN 13 9780472108602
  • BindingHardcover
  • LanguageEnglish
  • Number of pages384

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