The Art and Science of Stanislaw LEM

by Peter Swirski

Book Overview

The Polish science fiction writer Stanislaw Lem, whose works include Return from the Stars, The Cyberiad, A Perfect Vacuum, and Solaris, has been hailed as a "literary Einstein" and a science-fiction Bach. The Art and Science of Stanislaw Lem provides an inter-disciplinary analysis of his influence on Western culture and the creative partnering of art and science in his fiction and futorology by American and European scholars who have defined Lem...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0773530460
• ISBN13: 9780773530461
• Release Date: October 2006
• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.1"