| Episodic and disconnected, much of postmodern fiction mirrors the world as quantumtheorists describe it, according to Samuel Chase Coale. In Quirks of the Quantum,Coale shows how the doubts, misgivings, and ambiguities reflected in the postmodern American novelhave been influenced by the metaphors and models of quantum theory. Coale explains the basic facetsof quantum theory in lay terms and then applies them to a selection of texts, including DonDeLillo's Underworld, Joan Didion's Democracy, and ThomasPynchon's Against the Day. Using a new approach to literature and culture, thisbook aims to bridge the gap between science and the humanities by suggesting the many areas wherethey connect. |
