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Surrealism, art, and modern science : relativity, quantum mechanics, epistemology / Gavin Parkinson.

Author/creator Parkinson, Gavin
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoNew Haven : Yale University Press, ©2008.
Descriptionviii, 294 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 27 cm
Supplemental Content Table of contents only
Subject(s)
Surrealism--France.
Arts, Modern--France --20th century.
Physics and the arts--France --History --20th century.
Physics--Philosophy --History --20th century.
Contents Modern physics and its philosophy: the reception in France -- Relativity and epistemology: Andre Breton and Gaston Bachelard -- Epistemology of physics and politics: Gaston Bachelard and surrealism -- Astrophysics and mysticism: Georges Bataille and Arthur Eddington -- Quantum mechanics and particle physics: Matta, Wolfgang Paalen, Max Ernst -- Relativity and the fourth dimension: Salvador Dali and Roger Caillois -- Coda: nuclear physics and the cold war: surrealism and Salvador Dali.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 267-281) and index.
LCCN 2007025368
ISBN9780300098877 (alk. paper)
ISBN0300098871 (alk. paper)

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