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Canadian poet links cosmology, mythology, and the human heart in a range of poetic forms.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Edmonton, Alberta, Canada :
The University of Alberta Press,
2015.
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| Edición: | First electronic edition, 2015. |
| Colección: | Robert Kroetsch series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front cover; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Contents; Sonnet for Valentines; The set of all gods; The god of prime numbers; The god of infinities; The god of symmetry; The god of gravity; The god of salt; The god of kites and darts; The god of quantum uncertainty; The god of probabilities; The baker god; The god of automata; The god of teapots; The god of cats; The god of sparrows; The god of hearts; The jeweller god; The god of dark; The god of memory; The muse of universes; Ordinary matter; Ordinary matter; Vacuum fluctuations; The helium thoughts; Advice to the lovelorn
- Rectangularization of the morbidity curveNow, that amphibious moment; To the generations that will live a thousand years; Last scattering surface; Let us compare cosmologies; 1 Let us compare cosmologies; 2 The Orphic follower; 3 A pope; 4 The evangelist; 5 The philosophical skeptic; 6 The nihilist; 7 The totalitarian; 8 The survivalist; 9 The optimist; 10 The magician; 11 The baker; 12 The consumer; 13 The funeral director; 14 The Manichean; 15 The artist; Sins and virtues; Avarice; Lust; Gluttony; Envy; Pride; Anger; Sloth; Mercy; Hope; Shifting wavelengths; Tortoise and fern
- Fingers of GodThe barber's paradox; Zeno's paradox; Twin paradox; Sand reckonings: Eubulides' paradox; Honeycomb conjectures; Bee violet; Optical molasses; Life adapts to inhospitable environments; How to tell a Martian my heart is on the left; Underworlds; Persephone and I are underground; The outer dark; Cocytus; Niflheim; The man with no hands; Each of us the centre of a circle; Postscript; God submits a grant application to the Canada Council; Notes; Acknowledgements; About the Author