Strange Attractors: Literature, Culture, and Chaos Theory |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 27
Page 48
... cultural as well as scientific relevance in so far as it challenges certain basic tenets underlying virtually all other theoreti- cal paradigms . Certainly , in effect , it blows sky high the more ex- treme assumptions of cultural ...
... cultural as well as scientific relevance in so far as it challenges certain basic tenets underlying virtually all other theoreti- cal paradigms . Certainly , in effect , it blows sky high the more ex- treme assumptions of cultural ...
Page 133
... cultural , philosophical , political ideas and ideologies , as well as past and present works of art , that are stored in and accessible to us ( for subjective interpretation and development ) in libraries , museums , newspapers , video ...
... cultural , philosophical , political ideas and ideologies , as well as past and present works of art , that are stored in and accessible to us ( for subjective interpretation and development ) in libraries , museums , newspapers , video ...
Page 168
... Cultural relativism is highly appropriate to discussions of subjectivity , but it runs into trouble in the domain of non - subjective nature which is governed by chaotic and linear laws that operate quite independently of any cultural ...
... Cultural relativism is highly appropriate to discussions of subjectivity , but it runs into trouble in the domain of non - subjective nature which is governed by chaotic and linear laws that operate quite independently of any cultural ...
Contents
chaos classics and modern culture | 1 |
chaos theory Miltons Eden and Jurassic | 26 |
selfsimilarities in Shakespeare | 75 |
Copyright | |
12 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Strange Attractors: Literature, Culture, and Chaos Theory Harriett Hawkins No preview available - 1995 |
Common terms and phrases
actor Adam and Eve alike Antony and Cleopatra audience Beast behaviour Benoit Mandelbrot butterfly effect Caliban chaos science chaos scientists chaos theory chaotic components characters classic cognate comparable complex Conchis Crichton's critical CRUZ The University cultural David Ruelle death described deterministic chaos dinosaurs disruption dramatic Dryden dynamics epic fiction film Forbidden Planet forces fractal Guide to Chaos Hamlet Hammond Heaven historical human Iago Ian Stewart ideological interaction irregular island James Gleick John Briggs Juliet Jurassic Park Katherine Hayles Library The University likewise linear literary literature London Macbeth Mandelbrot set mathematics metadramatic metaphorically Milton's modern mythic nature nonlinear systems novel observes obvious order and chaos Othello Paradise Lost Play Dice poem popular portrayal portrayed postmodern predict Prospero recursive reference replicated Romeo Satan scale scene scientific self-similarity Shakespeare Shakespearian simultaneously strange attractor structure symmetries Tempest things tragedy turn University Library UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA/SANTA unpredictable