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Author:   Robert Crawford (Professor of Modern Scottish Literature, University of St Andrews)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 14.50cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.40cm
Weight:   0.437kg
ISBN:  

9780199258123

ISBN 10:   0199258120
Pages:   252
Publication Date:   07 September 2006
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Robert Crawford: Introduction Miroslav Holub: Rampage, or Science in Poetry Don Paterson, introduced by Andrew Riches: As Above Edwin Morgan: Poetry and Virtual Realities Michael Donaghy, introduced by Kevin Warwick: Grimoire Robert Crawford: Spirit Machines: The Human and the Computational Robert Crawford, introduced by Rona Ramsay: Biology W. N. Herbert: Testament and Confessions of an Informationist W. N. Herbert, introduced by Martin Conway: The Working Self John Burnside: A Science of Belonging: Poetry as Ecology John Burnside, introduced by R. M. M. Crawford: Steinar undir Steinahlithum Simon Armitage: Modelling the Universe: Poetry, Science, and the Art of Metaphor John Glenday, introduced by Eric Priest: Circadian Jocelyn Bell Burnell: Astronomy and Poetry Sarah Maguire, introduced by Norman MacLeod: A Fistful of Foraminifera Adalaide Morris: The Act of the Mind: Thought Experiments in the Poetry of Jorie Graham and Leslie Scalapino Paul Muldoon, introduced by Warren S. Warren: Once I Looked into Your Eyes Drew Milne: The Art of Wit and the Cambridge Science Park David Kinloch, introduced by Alison Gurney: The Organ Bath Kay Redfield Jamison: Contemporary Psychology and Contemporary Poetry: Perspectives on Mood Disorders Gillian Beer: Afterword

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<br> Engaging essays studded with wit and humor an entertaining and illuminating volume. --Diane Ackerman, Science<p><br>

Engaging essays studded with wit and humor an entertaining and illuminating volume. --Diane Ackerman, Science<br>

Author Information

Robert Crawford is Professor of Modern Scottish Literature at the University of St Andrews. His Selected Poems was published by Cape in 2005, and his critical books include The Modern Poet: Poetry, Academia, and Knowledge since the 1750s (OUP, 2001). He recently directed an international project sponsored by the Wellcome Trust which brought together poets and scientists. He is now writing The Penguin History of Scottish Literature.

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