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Higgs, John

 
9781780226576: Stranger Than We Can Imagine: Making Sense of the Twentieth Century
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1780226578 ISBN 13 : 9781780226576
Editeur : W&N, 2016

Synopsis

'An illuminating work of massive insight' Alan Moore

'A sensational book. Heartily recommended' Rufus Hound

It is the century about which we know too much, yet understand too little. With disorientating ideas such as relativity, cubism, the id, existentialism, chaos mathematics and postmodernism to contend with, the twentieth century, John Higgs argues, cannot fit easily into a traditional historical narrative. Time, then, for a new perspective.

Higgs takes us on a refreshingly eclectic journey through the knotty history of the strangest of centuries. In the company of radical artists, scientists, geniuses and eccentrics, he shows us how the elegant, clockwork universe of the Victorians became increasingly woozy and uncertain; and how in the twentieth century we discovered that our world is not just stranger than we imagine, but 'stranger than we can imagine'.

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À propos de l'auteur

John Higgs is the author I HAVE AMERICA SURROUNDED, THE KLF, STRANGER THAN WE CAN IMAGINE, WATLING STREET, THE FUTURE STARTS HERE, WILLIAM BLAKE NOW, WILLIAM BLAKE VS THE WORLD and LOVE AND LET DIE. He lives in Brighton.

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Éditeur
W&N
Date d'édition
2016
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1780226578
ISBN 13 
9781780226576
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
352
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Personne responsable
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