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Loving faster than light : romance and readers in Einstein's universe

Title
Loving faster than light : romance and readers in Einstein's universe / Katy Price.
Author
Price, Katy.
Publication
Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2012, ©2012.

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Description
xi, 231 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
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.
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 -- Conclusion: Dreaming the future.
Call Number
JFE 13-1245
ISBN
  • 9780226680736 (cloth)
  • 0226680738 (cloth)
LCCN
2012007442
OCLC
779530021
Author
Price, Katy.
Title
Loving faster than light : romance and readers in Einstein's universe / Katy Price.
Imprint
Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2012, ©2012.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Research Call Number
JFE 13-1245
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