{"product_id":"loving-faster-than-light-katy-price-9780226680736","title":"Loving Faster Than Light: Romance and Readers in Einstein's Universe","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn November 1919, newspapers around the world alerted readers to a sensational new theory of the universe: Albert Einstein's theory of relativity. Coming at a time of social, political, and economic upheaval, Einstein's theory quickly became a rich cultural resource with many uses beyond physical theory. Media coverage of relativity in Britain took on qualities of pastiche and parody, as serious attempts to evaluate Einstein's theory jostled with jokes and satires linking relativity to everything from railway budgets to religion. The image of a befuddled newspaper reader attempting to explain Einstein's theory to his companions became a set piece in the popular press. \u003ci\u003eLoving Faster than Light\u003c\/i\u003e focuses on the popular reception of relativity in Britain, demonstrating how abstract science came to be entangled with class politics, new media technology, changing sex relations, crime, cricket, and cinematography in the British imagination during the 1920s. Blending literary analysis with insights from the history of science, Katy Price reveals how cultural meanings for Einstein's relativity were negotiated in newspapers with differing political agendas, popular science magazines, pulp fiction adventure and romance stories, detective plots, and esoteric love poetry. \u003ci\u003eLoving Faster than Light\u003c\/i\u003e is an essential read for anyone interested in popular science, the intersection of science and literature, and the social and cultural history of physics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Katy Price\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226680738\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226680736\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/12\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2013","brand":"Katy Price","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086422716671,"sku":"9780226680736","price":56.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4881a600-3b62-4551-94f9-b4cc7aec3299.jpg?v=1769094587","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/loving-faster-than-light-katy-price-9780226680736","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}