George M O'Har
Biographic Data
| ID | 4570252 |
|---|---|
| NAME | George M O'Har |
| GIVEN NAMES | George M |
| FAMILY NAME | O'Har |
| SIGNATURE | HAR G M O |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The Nuclear Muse
In The Nuclear Muse, John Canaday, poet, teacher, tutor, and student of science, using techniques of literary analysis (close reading of texts with a touch of Derrida), tries to demonstrate that science (specifically physics) and literature share "crucial common ground" (p. xiii). In so doing, Canaday joins the ranks of sociologists, historians, and anthropologists (Bruno Latour, Sharon Traweek, Hugh Gusterson, among others) who have donned liter…
Time, Conflict, and Human Values (review)
This is a dense, complicated, and at times illuminating book. J. T. Fraser, founder of the International Society for the Study of Time, has produced a study in which human efforts to escape the ravages of time provide an explanation for all that we accomplish in seeking truth, developing morals, and creating and discovering beauty. Ultimately, each of these endeavors is an attempt to outrun mortality. This is an ambitious undertaking, and Fraser …
Magic in the Machine Age
Before there was technology, there was magic. It was not so long ago, indeed, that the scientific and industrial revolutions pushed magic aside. For all the benefits undeniably conferred by those revolutions, something always gets lost in the move from one world to another. Change comes at a price; progress, it must be understood, always takes hostages
Aldous Huxley and the Mysticism of Science (review)
Reviewed by: Aldous Huxley and the Mysticism of Science * George M. O’Har (bio) Aldous Huxley and the Mysticism of Science. By June Deery. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1996. Pp. xi+231; notes, bibliography, index. $49.95. The familiar story of the scientific revolution provides the backdrop for this tale of one writer’s attempt to bridge the gap between what C. P. Snow labeled the separate cultures of science and literature. Aldous Huxley believ…
Aldous Huxley and the Mysticism of Science
Farmers and Fishermen
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Farmers and Fishermen
Aldous Huxley and the Mysticism of Science (review)
Reviewed by: Aldous Huxley and the Mysticism of Science * George M. O’Har (bio) Aldous Huxley and the Mysticism of Science. By June Deery. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1996. Pp. xi+231; notes, bibliography, index. $49.95. The familiar story of the scientific revolution provides the backdrop for this tale of one writer’s attempt to bridge the gap between what C. P. Snow labeled the separate cultures of science and literature. Aldous Huxley believ…
Aldous Huxley and the Mysticism of Science
Magic in the Machine Age
Before there was technology, there was magic. It was not so long ago, indeed, that the scientific and industrial revolutions pushed magic aside. For all the benefits undeniably conferred by those revolutions, something always gets lost in the move from one world to another. Change comes at a price; progress, it must be understood, always takes hostages
The Nuclear Muse
In The Nuclear Muse, John Canaday, poet, teacher, tutor, and student of science, using techniques of literary analysis (close reading of texts with a touch of Derrida), tries to demonstrate that science (specifically physics) and literature share "crucial common ground" (p. xiii). In so doing, Canaday joins the ranks of sociologists, historians, and anthropologists (Bruno Latour, Sharon Traweek, Hugh Gusterson, among others) who have donned liter…
Time, Conflict, and Human Values (review)
This is a dense, complicated, and at times illuminating book. J. T. Fraser, founder of the International Society for the Study of Time, has produced a study in which human efforts to escape the ravages of time provide an explanation for all that we accomplish in seeking truth, developing morals, and creating and discovering beauty. Ultimately, each of these endeavors is an attempt to outrun mortality. This is an ambitious undertaking, and Fraser …
Philosophy (4 works) · Art (3 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · History (3 works) · Art history (2 works) · Literature (2 works) · Mysticism (2 works) · Physics (2 works) · Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices (2 works) · Sociology (2 works)