The art and science of Stanislaw Lem /
The Polish science fiction writer Stanislaw Lem, whose works include Return from the Stars, The Cyberiad, A Perfect Vacuum, and Solaris, has been hailed as a ""literary Einstein"" and a science-fiction Bach. The Art and Science of Stanislaw Lem provides an inter-disciplinary anal...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Montreal :
McGill-Queen's University Press,
©2006.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- ""Contents""; ""Introduction: The Man behind the Giant""; ""1 Smart Robots""; ""2 (Un)masking the Agent: Stanislaw Lem�s “The Mask�""; ""3 Betrization Is the Worst Solution � with the Exception of All Others""; ""4 A Freudian Peek at Lem�s Fiasco""; ""5 Summa technologiae � Looking Back and Ahead""; ""6 Models of Evolution in the Writings of Stanislaw Lem""; ""7 Skepticism, Realism, Fallibilism: On Lem�s Epistemological Themes""; ""8 Lem, Central Europe, and the Genre of Technological Empire""; ""9 Lem on Film""; ""10 Solaris! Solaris. Solaris?""
- ""Stanislaw Lem: A Brief Chronological Biography""""Bibliography""; ""About the Authors""