
Myth, Metaphor and Science.
Title:
Myth, Metaphor and Science.
Author:
Wall, Alan.
ISBN:
9781908258618
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (102 pages)
Contents:
Front cover -- Title pages -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Preface -- Putting the 'I' in the middle: A Few Thoughts on the Modern Essay -- Burning Books -- The Revolution -- Fragmentation -- A Few Examples of Contemporary Fragmentation -- A Note on Defamiliarization -- The Purpose of Defamiliarization -- Poetry and Form -- Easter-Wings -- The Question of Rhetoric -- The Words -- A Note on Translation -- Metaphor -- The Topographic Metaphor -- Cliche -- Metaphor and Language -- Non-Visual Metaphors -- Conclusion -- Writing Science: Part One -- The Explanatory Analogy -- Writing Science: Part Two -- The Most Beautiful Experiment - Goronwy Tudor Jones and Alan Wall -- The Two-Slit Experiment with Electrons -- Waves and Particles -- Classical Determinism -- Parenthesis on Naming -- Figure Credits -- Back Cover.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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