Based on the author's thesis (Doctoral--University of Hong Kong, 2005).

"An introduction to the life and thought of Kurt Gödel, who transformed our conception of math forever"--Provided by publisher.

With Possible Worlds of Fiction and History, Lubomír Doležel reexamines the claim—made first by Roland Barthes and then popularized by Hayden White—that "

The universe may well have begun with an immense act of fragmentation, "the big bang," that sent particles flying in all directions to perform spectacular acts

Magical realism was one of the most significant literary developments in the last century. It has become synonymous with the seductive fictions of writers such