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... alike en- able us at least to recognize or , metaphorically , to comprehend , albeit never , finally , to predict or to control . Certainly , as citations from artists and scientists alike may serve to demonstrate , by sug- gesting that ...
... alike en- able us at least to recognize or , metaphorically , to comprehend , albeit never , finally , to predict or to control . Certainly , as citations from artists and scientists alike may serve to demonstrate , by sug- gesting that ...
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... alike seem to be making things up as they go along . They likewise conjure up new characters - Mariana , Ragozine - from nowhere when the plot needs substitutes for the main ones ; they arbitrarily decide what they and the other ...
... alike seem to be making things up as they go along . They likewise conjure up new characters - Mariana , Ragozine - from nowhere when the plot needs substitutes for the main ones ; they arbitrarily decide what they and the other ...
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... alikes , Bardot look - alikes , Monroe look - alikes , Elvis look - alikes and Madonna wannabes . For that matter , a possible signature of a complex nonlinear classic – a perfect literary fractal – could be that it will almost ...
... alikes , Bardot look - alikes , Monroe look - alikes , Elvis look - alikes and Madonna wannabes . For that matter , a possible signature of a complex nonlinear classic – a perfect literary fractal – could be that it will almost ...
Contents
chaos classics and modern culture | 1 |
chaos theory Miltons Eden and Jurassic | 26 |
selfsimilarities in Shakespeare | 75 |
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Strange Attractors: Literature, Culture, and Chaos Theory Harriett Hawkins No preview available - 1995 |
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