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Contemporary Physics Plays

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Making Time to Know Responsibility, Palgrave Studies in Literature, Science and Medicine

ISBN: 3319751476
ISBN 13: 9783319751474
Autor: Halpin, Jenni G
Verlag: Springer Verlag GmbH
Umfang: viii, 128 S., 1 s/w Illustr., 128 p. 1 illus.
Erscheinungsdatum: 23.04.2018
Auflage: 1/2018
Produktform: Gebunden/Hardback
Einband: Gebunden

This book analyzes recent physics plays, arguing that their enaction of concepts from the sciences they discuss alters the nature of the decisions made by the characters, changing the ethical judgements that might be cast on them. Recent physics plays regularly alter the shape of space-time itself, drawing together disparate moments, reversing the flow of time, creating apparent contradictions, and iterating scenes for multiple branches of counterfactual history. With these changes both causality and responsibility shift, variously. The roles of iconic scientists, such as Albert Einstein and Werner Heisenberg, are interrogated for their dramatic value, placing history and dramatic license in tension. Cold War strategies and the limits of espionage highlight the emphatically personal involvement of ordinary individuals. This study is vital reading for those interested in physics plays and the relationship between the sciences and the humanities.

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Beschreibung

Represents an original contribution to the study of science playsPresents context for readers unfamiliar with principles of modern physicsParticipates in interdisciplinary efforts to think together the science and the humanities

Autorenporträt

Jenni G. Halpin is Associate Professor of English Literature at Savannah State University, USA.

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