Strung Together: The Cultural Currency of String Theory as a Scientific Imaginary

Contents

Contents one Introduction String Theory as a Theory of Everything 1 two A Return to the Eleventh Dimension String Theory as a Scientific Imaginary 27 three The Romance of Encounter String Theory Technical Discourse 59 four Accessibility and Authority String Theory Popularizations 108 five The Cosmic and Domestic Adaptations of String Theory in Literature 146 six Strung Together String Theory in Contemporary Globalized Culture 190 Notes 213 Bibliography 233 Index 245 ...