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Edgar Allan Poe, Eureka, and Scientific Imagination

David N. Stamos

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Description:In 1848, almost a year and a half before Edgar Allan Poe died at the age of forty, his book Eureka was published. In it, he weaved together his scientific speculations about the universe with his own literary theory, theology, and philosophy of science. Although Poe himself considered it to be his magnum opus, Eureka has mostly been overlooked or underappreciated, sometimes even to the point of being thought an elaborate hoax. Remarkably, however, in Eureka Poe anticipated at least nine major theories and developments in twentieth-century science, including the Big Bang theory, multiverse theory, and the solution to Olbers paradox. In this book the first devoted specifically to Poe s science side David N. Stamos, a philosopher of science, combines scientific background with analysis of Poe s life and work to highlight the creative and scientific achievements of this text. He examines Poe s literary theory, theology, and intellectual development, and then compares Poe s understanding of science with that of scientists and philosophers from his own time to the present. Next, Stamos pieces together and clarifies Poe s theory of scientific imagination, which he then attempts to update and defend by providing numerous case studies of eureka moments in modern science and by seeking insights from comparative biography and psychology, cognitive science, neuroscience, and evolution."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Edgar Allan Poe, Eureka, and Scientific Imagination. To get started finding Edgar Allan Poe, Eureka, and Scientific Imagination, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: In 1848, almost a year and a half before Edgar Allan Poe died at the age of forty, his book Eureka was published. In it, he weaved together his scientific speculations about the universe with his own literary theory, theology, and philosophy of science. Although Poe himself considered it to be his magnum opus, Eureka has mostly been overlooked or underappreciated, sometimes even to the point of being thought an elaborate hoax. Remarkably, however, in Eureka Poe anticipated at least nine major theories and developments in twentieth-century science, including the Big Bang theory, multiverse theory, and the solution to Olbers paradox. In this book the first devoted specifically to Poe s science side David N. Stamos, a philosopher of science, combines scientific background with analysis of Poe s life and work to highlight the creative and scientific achievements of this text. He examines Poe s literary theory, theology, and intellectual development, and then compares Poe s understanding of science with that of scientists and philosophers from his own time to the present. Next, Stamos pieces together and clarifies Poe s theory of scientific imagination, which he then attempts to update and defend by providing numerous case studies of eureka moments in modern science and by seeking insights from comparative biography and psychology, cognitive science, neuroscience, and evolution."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Edgar Allan Poe, Eureka, and Scientific Imagination. To get started finding Edgar Allan Poe, Eureka, and Scientific Imagination, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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