Novelty : a history of the new / Michael North.

Author/creator North, Michael, 1951- author.
Format Book
PublicationChicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2013.
Copyright Date©2013
Description258 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents How newness comes into the world -- Newness comes into the world -- Two traditions of the new: cycles and combinations -- Darwin's renovation of the new -- Counting and accounting for the new: probability, information theory, genetics -- Novelty in the twentieth century -- The structure of scientific discovery: Kuhn and Weiner -- Making it new: novelty and aesthetic modernism -- Modernist novelty and the neo-avant-garde.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 211-250) and index.
LCCN 2013005365
ISBN9780226077871 (hardcover : alkaline paper)
ISBN022607787X (hardcover : alkaline paper)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks B105 .N4 N67 2013 ✔ Available Place Hold