Simplicity and Complexity : Pondering Literature, Science, and Painting (Studies in Literature and Science)
Simplicity and Complexity : Pondering Literature, Science, and Painting (Studies in Literature and Science)
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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 Cézanne, evinces the complexity pervading what we often wish to take simply as what there is.
Simplicity and Complexity: Pondering Literature, Science, and Painting (Studies in Literature and Science),Floyd Fenly Merrell,University of Michigan Press,0472108603,Complexity (Philosophy),Complexity (Philosophy) in lit,English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh,General,Literary Criticism,Literature - Classics / Criticism,Literature And Science,Metaphysics,Science,Simplicity (Philosophy),Simplicity in literature,Speculative Philosophy,Antiques & Collectables,Literary Criticism & Collections / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh,Theory of art
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