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Victorian Thermodynamics and the Novel: Problems and Prospects
Author(s) -
MacDuffie Allen
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
literature compass
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.158
H-Index - 4
ISSN - 1741-4113
DOI - 10.1111/j.1741-4113.2010.00775.x
Subject(s) - key (lock) , psychology , epistemology , thermodynamics , positive economics , sociology , computer science , economics , philosophy , physics , computer security
This article discusses the status of thermodynamics in discussions of Victorian literature. It focuses on the relative lack of critical attention paid to this key scientific discourse, and some of the reasons why it promises to be a significant area of future research and debate.