{"product_id":"chaos-bound-orderly-disorder-in-contemporary-literature-and-science-9781501727924","title":"Chaos Bound: Orderly Disorder in Contemporary Literature and Science","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHayles's point is that the almost simultaneous appearance of interest in complex systems across many disciplines―physics, mathematics, biology, information theory, literature, literary theory―signals a profound paradigm and epistemological shift. She calls the new paradigm 'orderly disorder.' This is a timely, informative, and enormously thought-provoking book. \u003c\/b\u003e-- Nancy Craig Simmons ― \u003ci\u003eAmerican Literature \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eN. Katherine Hayles here investigates parallels between contemporary literature and critical theory and the science of chaos. She finds in both scientific and literary discourse new interpretations of chaos, which is seen no longer as disorder but as a locus of maximum information and complexity. She examines structures and themes of disorder in \u003ci\u003eThe Education of Henry Adams\u003c\/i\u003e, Doris Lessing's \u003ci\u003eGolden Notebook\u003c\/i\u003e, and works by Stanislaw Lem. Hayles shows how the writings of poststructuralist theorists including Barthes, Lyotard, Derrida, Serres, and de Man incorporate central features of chaos theory.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eN. Katherine Hayles is James B. Duke Professor of Literature at Duke University. She is the author of many books, including \u003ci\u003eHow We Think\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003ci\u003eDigital Media and Contemporary Technogenesis\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eElectronic Literature\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003ci\u003eNew Horizons for the Literary\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003ci\u003e My Mother Was a Computer\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003ci\u003eDigital Subjects and Literary Texts\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50339384951058,"sku":"9781501727924","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b361fd7f-53e3-409f-8f18-70913eb6093c.jpg?v=1728003447","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/chaos-bound-orderly-disorder-in-contemporary-literature-and-science-9781501727924","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}