Cosmic Web: Scientific Field Models and Literary Strategies in the Twentieth Century

by N. Katherine Hayles

Book Overview

From the central concept of the field--which depicts the world as a mutually interactive whole, with each part connected to every other part by an underlying field-- have come models as diverse as quantum mathematics and Saussure's theory of language. In The Cosmic Web, N. Katherine Hayles seeks to establish the scope of the field concept and to assess its importance for contemporary thought. She then explores the literary strategies...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801417422
• ISBN13: 9780801417429
• Release Date: December 1984
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 210 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher