000378536 000__ 02015cam\a2200349\a\4500 000378536 001__ 378536 000378536 005__ 20210513133756.0 000378536 006__ m\\\\\\\\u\\\\\\\\ 000378536 007__ cr\cn||||||||| 000378536 008__ 041213s2005\\\\mou\\\\\sb\\\s001\0\eng\\ 000378536 010__ $$z 2004029232 000378536 020__ $$z0826215807 (alk. paper) 000378536 035__ $$a(CaPaEBR)ebr10097282 000378536 035__ $$a(OCoLC)607074621 000378536 040__ $$aCaPaEBR$$cCaPaEBR 000378536 05014 $$aPN3352.S34$$bT55 2005eb 000378536 08204 $$a809/.9336$$222 000378536 1001_ $$aThiher, Allen,$$d1941- 000378536 24510 $$aFiction refracts science$$h[electronic resource] :$$bmodernist writers from Proust to Borges /$$cAllen Thiher. 000378536 260__ $$aColumbia :$$bUniversity of Missouri Press,$$cc2005. 000378536 300__ $$axii, 297 p. ;$$c25 cm. 000378536 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 277-285) and index. 000378536 5050_ $$aIntroduction : prefatory thoughts on two or more cultures -- What the modernists knew about the history of science from Pascal to Heisenberg -- Robert Musil and the dilemma of modernist epistemology -- Proust, Poincaré, and contingency -- Kafka's search for laws -- James Joyce and the laws of everything -- Modernist thought experiments after Joyce -- Conclusion : science and postmodernity. 000378536 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users. 000378536 520__ $$a"Examines the relationship between science and the fiction developed by modernists, including Musil, Proust, Kafka, and Joyce. Looks at Pascalian and Newtonian cosmology, Darwinism, epistemology, relativity theory, quantum mechanics, the development of modernist and postmodern fiction, positivism, and finally works by Woolf, Faulkner, and Borges"--Provided by publisher. 000378536 650_0 $$aLiterature and science. 000378536 650_0 $$aScience in literature. 000378536 650_0 $$aFiction$$y20th century$$xHistory and criticism. 000378536 655_7 $$aElectronic books.$$2lcsh 000378536 85280 $$bebk$$hEbrary Academic Complete 000378536 85640 $$3ProQuest Ebook Central Academic Complete$$uhttps://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://site.ebrary.com/lib/usiricelib/Doc?id=10097282$$zOnline Access 000378536 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:378536$$pGLOBAL_SET 000378536 980__ $$aEBOOK 000378536 980__ $$aBIB 000378536 982__ $$aEbook 000378536 983__ $$aOnline