Title: Loving faster than light
Description: This is an insightful examination of one of the essential problems of the history of science - how does elite, esoteric knowledge get read, used, modified, and owned by those outside the professional scientific community? Price focuses on one of the defining scientific ideas of the 20th century and skillfully demonstrates the many genres and styles through which it was adopted and changed.
Subjects: English literature, Relativity (Physics), Press coverage, Relativity (Physics) in literature, History and criticism, Criticism and interpretation, English Pulp literature, Literature and science, Sayers, dorothy l. (dorothy leigh), 1893-1957, Eddington, arthur stanley, sir, 1882-1944, Empson, william, 1906-1984, Science in literature, English literature, history and criticism, 20th century
People: Dorothy L. Sayers (1893-1957), William Empson (1906-1984), Arthur Stanley Eddington Sir (1882-1944)
Time periods: 20th century