Quantum lyrics : poems / A. Van Jordan.

Author
Jordan, A. Van [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
1st ed.
Published/​Created
New York : W.W. Norton & Co., ©2007.
Description
116 pages ; 22 cm

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    This ambitious collection explores the intersection of the infinite world of physics with the perplexities of the human condition. Employing both narrative and cinematic structure, Jordan re-creates the lives of Albert Einstein, Richard Feynman, and comic book superheroes--the Green Lantern, the Atom--and also reveals himself in poems of recollection and loss. --Publisher's description.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (p. 115-116).
    Contents
    • The flash reverses time
    • Richard P. Feynman lecture : intro to symmetry
    • The first law of motion
    • Black light
    • Orientation : Wittenberg University, 1983
    • "Que sera sera"
    • Remembrance
    • The green lantern unlocks the secrets of black body theory --Thought experiment #1 E = MC²
    • My dear, naughty little sweetheart,
    • Einstein defining special relativity
    • Collaboration : Mileva and Albert
    • Einstein : Switzerland
    • Dearest Dollie,
    • Mileva
    • Einstein : Berlin's Philharmonic Hall
    • Elsa
    • Mr. W.E. Burghardt du Bois
    • Einstein ruminates of relativity
    • Society page review of City Lights
    • Einstein on world government
    • Odessa staircase
    • Triumph of the Will
    • Einstein : Princeton University, garden path
    • Erwin Schrödinger
    • Anti-lynching bill
    • Paul Robeson
    • Princeton cafeteria
    • Marian Anderson
    • Einstein doing the math
    • Thought experiment #2 : toward a unified theory
    • The Atom
    • The superposition of the Atom
    • The Atom and Hawkman discuss metaphysics
    • The uncertainty of the Atom
    • The Atom discovers string theory
    • Fractals
    • The structure of scientific revolutions
    • Sculpting the head of Miles Davis
    • Richard P. Feynman lecture : broken symmetries
    • R & B.
    ISBN
    • 9780393064995
    • 0393064999
    • 9780393333121 ((pbk.))
    • 0393333124 ((pbk.))
    LCCN
    2007011284
    OCLC
    86038603
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