{"product_id":"edgar-allan-poe-eureka-and-david-n-stamos-9781438463902","title":"Edgar Allan Poe, Eureka, and Scientific Imagination","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eExplores the science and creative process behind Poe's cosmological treatise.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSilver Winner, 2017 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e INDIES Book of the Year Awards in the Philosophy category \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1848, almost a year and a half before Edgar Allan Poe died at the age of forty, his book \u003ci\u003eEureka\u003c\/i\u003e was published. In it, he weaved together his scientific speculations about the universe with his own literary theory, theology, and philosophy of science. Although Poe himself considered it to be his magnum opus, \u003ci\u003eEureka\u003c\/i\u003e has mostly been overlooked or underappreciated, sometimes even to the point of being thought an elaborate hoax. Remarkably, however, in \u003ci\u003eEureka\u003c\/i\u003e Poe anticipated at least nine major theories and developments in twentieth-century science, including the Big Bang theory, multiverse theory, and the solution to Olbers' paradox. In this book-the first devoted specifically to Poe's science side-David N. Stamos, a philosopher of science, combines scientific background with analysis of Poe's life and work to highlight the creative and scientific achievements of this text. He examines Poe's literary theory, theology, and intellectual development, and then compares Poe's understanding of science with that of scientists and philosophers from his own time to the present. Next, Stamos pieces together and clarifies Poe's theory of scientific imagination, which he then attempts to update and defend by providing numerous case studies of eureka moments in modern science and by seeking insights from comparative biography and psychology, cognitive science, neuroscience, and evolution.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David N. Stamos\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1438463901\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781438463902\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e State University of New York Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/02\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 602\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 1.20d","brand":"David N. Stamos","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46685651566847,"sku":"9781438463902","price":40.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2e838d3b-edf9-41ea-b517-45acc5a2fa7a.jpg?v=1741726357","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/edgar-allan-poe-eureka-and-david-n-stamos-9781438463902","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}