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The art of discovery : encounters in literature and science /
Robots, human hybrids and fictional monsters assembled from graveyard body parts by mad scientists have haunted literature for centuries. The frightening but alluring motif highlights a long and complex love affair between literature and science; an affair filled with fascination, commonalities, dif...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Santa Barbara :
Aarhus University Press,
[2010]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Robots, human hybrids and fictional monsters assembled from graveyard body parts by mad scientists have haunted literature for centuries. The frightening but alluring motif highlights a long and complex love affair between literature and science; an affair filled with fascination, commonalities, differences and antagonism. Over the past decades, however, the two cultures have found common ground and interest, giving a momentum to consider the complex intersections in their historical contexts. The Art of Discovery has evolved from this vantage point. Bringing together scholars of literature, na. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (275 pages) : illustrations |
| ISBN: | 9788779347373 8779347371 |