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Paperback Chaos Bound: Circumcision Songs of the Kikuyu Book

ISBN: 0801497019

ISBN13: 9780801497018

Chaos Bound: Circumcision Songs of the Kikuyu

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N. Katherine Hayles here investigates parallels between contemporary literature and critical theory and the science of chaos. She finds in both scientific and literary discourse new interpretations of chaos, which is seen no longer as disorder but as a locus of maximum information and complexity. She examines structures and themes of disorder in The Education of Henry Adams , Doris Lessing's Golden Notebook , and works by Stanislaw Lem. Hayles shows...

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Stunning in its intelligence and breadth

For anyone interested in this topic, this book is a must read. Complex ideas are explained clearly, and Hayles is magnificent in her orchestration of difficult concepts. Both science and the arts are treated fairly.
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