Simplicity and Complexity: Pondering Literature, Science, and Painting

by Floyd Fenly Merrell and Floyd Merrell

Behind every apparently placid surface there lies an unruly ocean of complexity. Fractals, chaos theory, and dissipative structures bear witness to these hidden complexities of the universe. Complementing these ideas in the sciences, fiction from the likes of Jorge Luis Borges, Italo Calvino, Thomas Pynchon, and Samuel Beckett reveals our deep-seated desire for simplicity while we are obliged to learn to cope with complexity. And painting, especially...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0472108603
• ISBN13: 9780472108602
• Release Date: March 1998
• Publisher: University of Michigan Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.3"