Quarks and Letters. Natural Sciences in Contemporary Literature and Culture

Issues and insights from the fields of brain research, quantum mechanics, and evolutionary theory have passed into novels, and physicists and biologists often use rhetorical metaphors to communicate and even evoke their discoveries. The essays in this volume examine natural scientific themes in lite...

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Main Author: v. Heydenreich, Aura (auth)
Other Authors: Mecke, Klaus (auth)
Format: Book Chapter
Published: De Gruyter 2015
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