Banville on Science as Metaphor

[Richard Romeo]

Hi all--

I've slowly making my way thru the novels of John Banville and I came across 
this article.  Many interesting points. I can post the whole thing if folks 
want to read it

Rich

Beauty, charm, and strangeness: Science as metaphor
Science; Washington; Jul 3, 1998; John Banville;

Volume:  281
Issue:  5373
UMI Publication No.:  03804712

Start Page:  40-41
Page Count:  1
Document Type:  Commentary
Source Type:  PERIODICAL
ISSN:  00368075
Subject Terms:  Science
Art
Metaphor

UMI Article Re. No.:  GSCI-2106-34
UMI Journal Code:  GSCI
Abstract:
Modern science, particularly physics, is being forced, under pressure of its 
own advances, to acknowledge that the truths it offers are true not in an 
absolute but in a poetic sense, that its laws are contingent, and that its 
facts are a kind of metaphor.



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