LEADER 03530cam 2200469 i 4500001 ocn961098407 003 OCoLC 005 20170325052137.9 008 161020s2017 nyu b s001 0 eng 010 2016031441 040 DLC |beng |erda |cDLC |dBTCTA |dYDX |dOCLCQ |dOBE |dBDX |dERASA 019 961824819 020 9781438463919 |q(hardcover ; |qalkaline paper) 020 143846391X |q(hardcover ; |qalkaline paper) 020 |z9781438463926 |q(e-book) 035 40027102224 035 (OCoLC)961098407 |z(OCoLC)961824819 042 pcc 050 00 PS2642.S3 |bS73 2017 082 00 818/.309 |223 100 1 Stamos, David N., |d1957- |eauthor. |=^A536912 245 10 Edgar Allan Poe, Eureka, and scientific imagination / |cDavid N. Stamos. 264 1 Albany, NY : |bState University of New York Press, |c[2017] 300 xvi, 586 pages ; |c24 cm 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 504 Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 Prologue -- Poe's literary theory -- Poe's theology -- Poe's intellectual background -- The scientific anticipations of Eureka -- Imagination in philosophy and history of science -- Poe's theory of scientific imagination -- Epilogue. 520 8 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. 600 10 Poe, Edgar Allan, |d1809-1849 |xKnowledge |xScience. |=^A23060 600 10 Poe, Edgar Allan, |d1809-1849 |xReligion. |=^A23060 600 10 Poe, Edgar Allan, |d1809-1849. |tEureka. |=^A1325717 650 0 Imagination. |=^A11807 650 0 Creative ability. |=^A19760 650 0 Science |xPhilosophy. |=^A7883 776 08 |iOnline version:Stamos, David N., 1957- author. |tEdgar Allan Poe, Eureka, and scientific imagination. |dAlbany, NY : State University of New York Press, 2017 |z9781438463926 |w(DLC) 2016049033 949 |i30372016639046 |ojjlm 960 |o1 |s90.00 |tJoyner48 |uJAPP |zUSD 596 1 998 4696286