List of figures ix
Notes on contributors x
Preface xv
PART I Literatures and sciences 1
1 AI and ALife JOHN JOHNSTON 4
2 Alchemy MARK S. MORRISSON 17
3 Biology SABINE SIELKE 29
4 Chaos and complexity theory IRA LIVINGSTON 41
5 Chemistry JAY LABINGER 51
6 Climate science ROBERT MARKLEY 63
7 Cognitive science JOSEPH TABBI 77
8 Cybernetics SØREN BRIER 89
9 Ecology STACY ALAIMO 100
10 Evolution DAVID AMIGONI 112
11 Genetics JUDITH ROOF 124
12 Geology STEPHEN A. NORWICK 135
13 Information theory PHILIPP SCHWEIGHAUSER 145
14 Mathematics BRIAN ROTMAN 157
15 Medicine GEORGE ROUSSEAU 169
16 Nanotechnology COLIN MILBURN 181
17 Physics DIRK VANDERBEKE 192
18 Psychoanalysis ARKADY PLOTNITSKY 203
19 Systems theory BRUCE CLARKE 214
20 Thermodynamics JOHN BRUNI 226
PART II Disciplinary and theoretical approaches 239
21 Agricultural studies SUSAN M. SQUIER 242
22 Animal studies RICHARD NASH 253
23 Art connections ROBERT PEPPERELL 264
24 Cultural science studies MAUREEN MCNEIL 276
25 Deconstruction VICKI KIRBY 287
26 E-literature JOSEPH TABBI 298
27 Feminist science studies SUSAN M. SQUIER ANDMELISSA M. LITTLEFIELD 312
28 Game studies GORDON CALLEJA ANDIVAN CALLUS 323
29 History of science HENNING SCHMIDGEN 335
30 Media studies MARK B.N. HANSEN 349
31 Philosophy of science ALFRED NORDMANN 362
32 Posthumanism NEIL BADMINGTON 374
33 Science fiction LISA YASZEK 385
34 Semiotics PAUL COBLEY 396
PART III Periods and cultures 407
35 Greece and Rome EMMA GEE 409
36 Middle Ages and early Renaissance ARIELLE SAIBER 423
37 Scientific “revolution” I: Copernicus to Boyle ALVIN SNIDER 438
38 Scientific “revolution” II: Newton to Laplace LUCINDA COLE 449
39 Romanticism NOAH HERINGMAN 462
40 Industrialism VIRGINIA RICHTER 474
41 Russia KENNETH J. KNOESPEL 486
42 Japan THOMAS LAMARRE 497
43 Modernism T. HUGH CRAWFORD 508
44 Postmodernism STEFAN HERBRECHTER 518
Index 529