Stoppard's theatre : finding order amid chaos / by John Fleming.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fleming, John (John Patrick), 1965-

Series:

Literary modernism series.

Literary modernism series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Stoppard, Tom--Criticism and interpretation.

Stoppard, Tom.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (344 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Austin : University of Texas Press, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Order Out of Chaos is a sweeping critique of the discordant landscape of modern scientific knowledge. In this landmark book, Nobel Laureate Ilya Prigogine and acclaimed philosopher Isabelle Stengers offer an exciting and accessible account of the philosophical implications of thermodynamics. Prigogine and Stengers bring contradictory philosophies of time and chance into a novel and ambitious synthesis. Since its first publication in France in 1978, this book has sparked debate among physicists,

---LIBCLASSIC: the work is still valuable despite its age ---

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Annotated Chronology of Stoppard’s Career

Introduction

Chapter 1: Career before Rosencrantz and Guildenstern

Chapter 2: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead

Chapter 3: Galileo

Chapter 4: Jumpers

Chapter 5: Travesties

Chapter 6: Examining Eastern Bloc Repression

Chapter 7: Night and Day

Chapter 8: The Real Thing

Chapter 9: Hapgood

Chapter 10: Arcadia

Chapter 11: Indian Ink

Chapter 12: The Invention of Love

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-315) and index.

ISBN:

0-292-79871-7

OCLC:

191662166