Book ID: CBB001251160

Surrealism, Art, and Modern Science Relativity, Quantum Mechanics, Epistemology (2008)

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Parkinson, Gavin (Author)


Yale University Press


Publication Date: 2008
Physical Details: viii + 294 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index
Language: English

During the same period that Surrealism originated and flourished between the wars, great advances were being made in the field of physics. This book offers the first full history, analysis and interpretation of Surrealism's engagement with the theory of relativity and quantum mechanics, and its reception of the philosophical consequences of those two major turning points in our understanding of the physical world. After surveying the revolution in physics in the early twentieth century and the discoveries of Planck, Bohr, Einstein, Schrodinger, and others, Gavin Parkinson explores the diverse uses of physics by individuals in and around the Surrealist group in Paris. In so doing, he offers exciting new readings of the art and writings of such key figures of the Surrealist milieu as André Breton, Georges Bataille, Salvador Dalí, Roger Caillois, Max Ernst, and Tristan Tzara.

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Authors & Contributors
Burwell, Jennifer
Greco, Pietro
Brown, Brandon R.
Malloy, Vanja V.
Wolters, Gereon
Stuewer, Roger H.
Concepts
Physics
Quantum mechanics
Relativity
Theoretical physics
Philosophy
Philosophy of science
Time Periods
20th century, early
20th century
21st century
19th century
Places
United States
Germany
Europe
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