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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     More Content       More by this author     Higgs, John.     Subjects     Civilization, Modern -- 20th century.     Culture -- History -- 20th century.     Relativity (Physics) -- History.     Modernism (Aesthetics) -- History -- 20th century.     Postmodernism.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Higgs, John.       by title:      Stranger than we can...       by call number:      909.82 H637s     Search the Web     Higgs, John.     Civilization, Modern -- 20th century.     Culture -- History -- 20th century.     Relativity (Physics) -- History.     Modernism (Aesthetics) -- History -- 20th century.     Postmodernism.       MARC Display

Stranger than we can imagine : an alternative history of the 20th century / John Higgs. by Higgs, John. Signal, an imprint of McClelland & Stewart, 2015. Call #: 909.82 H637s Subjects Civilization, Modern -- 20th century.   Culture -- History -- 20th century.   Relativity (Physics) -- History.   Modernism (Aesthetics) -- History -- 20th century.   Postmodernism. ISBN:  9780771038471 (hc., Signal McClelland & Stewart Canadian ed.) 0297870890 (hc., Weidenfeld & Nicolson UK ed.) Description:  341 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. Notes:  Includes index. "Ceci n'est pas l'histoire [This is not the story]"--Cover. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references and index. Summary:  "The twentieth century should make sense. It's the period of history that we know the most about, an epic geo-political narrative that runs through World War One, the great depression, World War Two, the American century and the fall of the Berlin Wall. But somehow that story doesn't quite lead into the world we find ourselves in now, this bewildering twenty-first century, adrift in a network of constant surveillance, unsustainable competition, tsunamis of trivia and extraordinary opportunity. Time, then, for a new perspective. John Higgs steps off the main path and wanders through some of the more curious backwaters of the twentieth century, exploring familiar and unfamiliar territory alike, finding fresh insight on our journey to the present day. We travel in the company of some of the most radical artists, scientists, geniuses and crazies of their age. They show us that great innovations such as relativity, cubism, quantum mechanics, postmodernism and chaos maths are not the incomprehensible, abstract horrors that we assume them to be, but signposts that bring us to the world we live in now. An alternative history of the strangest of centuries. Higgs shows us how the elegant, clockwork universe of the Victorians became increasingly woozy and uncertain; and how we discovered that our world is stranger than we imagine. John Higgs is a British journalist, television writer and producer and author. He is the author of I Have America Surrounded: The Life of Timothy Leary, a biography of the pioneer of psychedelic drugs"--Provided by publisher. Holds:  1   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Central Library Adult Nonfiction 909.82 H637s Adult books Not Available Add Copy to MyList Central Library Adult Nonfiction 909.82 H637s Core Collection - Adult Checked in Add Copy to MyList Central Library Adult Nonfiction 909.82 H637s Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList Sackville Public Library Adult Nonfiction 909.82 H637s Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList Cole Harbour Public Library Adult Nonfiction 909.82 H637s Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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