Surrealism, Art, and Modern Science: Relativity, Quantum Mechanics, Epistemology

by Gavin Parkinson

During the same period that Surrealism originated and flourished between the wars, great advances were being made in the field of physics. This book offers the first full history, analysis and interpretation of Surrealism's engagement with the theory of relativity and quantum mechanics, and its reception of the philosophical consequences of those two major turning points in our understanding of the physical world.

After surveying the revolution...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300098871
• ISBN13: 9780300098877
• Release Date: July 2008
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 2.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.9" x 10.3"