Quantum language and the migration of scientific concepts / Jennifer Burwell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Burwell, Jennifer, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Quantum theory--Philosophy.

Quantum theory.

Physics--Philosophy.

Physics.

Quantum theory in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (328 pages)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2018]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

"This book looks at the use of language in science and in the circulation of scienctific concepts in society at large. More precisely, the book looks at the difficulties physicists faced regarding the use of language while creating quantum mechanics, with the use of quantum concepts in literary criticism and in literature, and with the use of these concepts by the New Age and Post New Age inclined. The principles of quantum physics--and the strange phenomena they describe--originate in and are expressed most precisely with highly abstract algebraic equations. The main challenge posed by quantum phenomena does not lie, however, in its mathematics; it lies instead in how these phenomena strain the limits of comprehension. This book explores the elusive nature of the quantum domain, its problematic relationship to representation in language, and its cultural migration over time"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1 Experience, Perception, and the limits of Language 27

2 The Physics of Visuality, Intuition, and Aesthetics 69

3 Quantum Paradigms in Literary Criticism 125

4 New and Post-New Age Appropriations 169

5 Quantum versus Nuclear Discourse 211.

Notes:

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

9780262345118

0262345110

OCLC:

1023430631

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.