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Weirder and weirder. How the theory of relativity, rock 'n' roll and science fiction shaped the 20th century

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Weirder and weirder. How the theory of relativity, rock 'n' roll and science fiction shaped the 20th century
14.99 €
The 20th century irrevocably changed people's ideas about knowledge, space, time, cosmos, psyche, society, progress and art. It was also a profoundly strange era, in which it is not easy to distinguish the visionary from the mad, but without understanding it, we are unlikely to be able to comprehend what is happening now. Historian and journalist John Higgs offers a look at the last century from the perspective of the history of ideas and the gradual penetration of the concept of relativity into all spheres of life. Why did an age of discord and disunity end with universal networking? What can science fiction and pop culture tell us about its philosophy and psychology? How did scientists and artists, without collusion, arrive at the same images? And finally, what can we expect from the 21st century, if the previous one was full of wars and tragedies?
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