Energy Forms : Allegory and Science in the Era of Classical Thermodynamics

energy forms : allegory and science in the era of classical thermodynamics

Energy Forms : Allegory and Science in the Era of Classical Thermodynamics

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This book follows the interplay between allegory and physics in Europe from the inception of the laws of thermodynamics in the 1850s to the cultural acceptance of the theory of relativity in the 1920s. Bruce Clarke delves into the cultural poetics of this emergence, as well as using allegory theory to link the literature of that era to the consolidation of modern physics in England. In his examination of these correlating topics the author displays not only an impressive grasp on the scientific climate of that era, but also comprehensive knowledge of late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century literature.

Energy Forms: Allegory and Science in the Era of Classical Thermodynamics,Bruce Clarke,University of Michigan Press,0472111744,Allegory,Comparative Literature,General,Literature and science,Literature: Classics,Mechanics - Dynamics - Thermodynamics,Physics,Physics (Specific Aspects),Science,Thermodynamics,Europe,Literature: History & Criticism,Philosophy of science,Relativity physics,Science / General,Second World War, 1939-1945,c 1800 to c 1900

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