Research Catalog

Title

Loving faster than light [electronic resource] : romance and readers in Einstein's universe / Katy Price.

Author

Price, Katy.

Publication

Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2012.

Details

Description

1 online resource (xi, 261 pages) : illustrations.

Uniform Title

Loving faster than light (Online)

Alternative Title

Loving faster than light (Online)

Subject

• Sayers, Dorothy L. 1893-1957 > Criticism and interpretation
• Eddington, Arthur Stanley, Sir, 1882-1944 > Criticism and interpretation
• Empson, William, 1906-1984 > Criticism and interpretation
• Relativity (Physics) in literature
• Relativity (Physics) > Press coverage
• Literature and science
• English literature > 20th century > History and criticism
• Pulp literature, English > 20th century > History and criticism

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-250) and index.

Access (note)

• Access restricted to authorized users.

Contents

Light caught bending : Relativity in the newspapers -- Einstein for the tired business man : exposition in magazines -- Cracks in the cosmos : space and time in pulp fiction -- A lady on Neptune : Arthur Eddington's talkative universe -- A freak sort of planet : Dorothy L. Sayers's cosmic bachelors -- Talking to Mars : William Empson's astronomy love poems.

LCCN

2012007442

OCLC

ssj0000756269

Author

Price, Katy.

Title

Loving faster than light [electronic resource] : romance and readers in Einstein's universe / Katy Price.

Imprint

Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2012.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-250) and index.

Access

Access restricted to authorized users.

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