Ronald Schleifer shows how discoveries of modern physics have altered conceptions of matter and energy and the ways in which both information theory and the study of literature can enrich these conceptions. Expanding the reductive notion of the material as simply matter and energy, he formulates a new, more inclusive idea of materialism.
...MoreDescription Looks at how information theory and the study of literature can enrich the conception of the world according to modern physics.
Review Miller, Sean (2013) Review of "Intangible Materialism: The Body, Scientific Knowledge, and the Power of Language". Configurations: A Journal of Literature, Science, and Technology (pp. 329-331).
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