''Real Presences: Two Scientists’ Response to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Steiner George Steiner]''
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''Real Presences: Two Scientists’ Response to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Steiner George Steiner]''
==Authors==
==Authors==
Wilson Poon and Tom McLeish
Wilson Poon and Tom McLeish
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Real Presences is Steiner's personal manifesto against the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deconstruction deconstruction] movement in modern [[literature]] (and [[art]] and [[music]]). It is not a book that many scientists would read, let alone re-read.And yet we have read and re-read the book; it has made us laugh and cry. Why? This essay is a first attempt at articulating the shock of relevance two scientists felt after their encounter with this remarkable book.
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Real Presences is Steiner's personal manifesto against the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deconstruction deconstruction] movement in modern [[literature]] (and [[art]] and [[music]]). It is not a book that many scientists would read, let alone re-read.And yet we have read and re-read the book; it has made us laugh and cry. Why? This essay is a first attempt at articulating the shock of relevance two scientists felt after their encounter with this remarkable book.
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<center>For lessons on the related [[topic]] of '''''[[Presence]]''''', follow '''''[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Presence this link]'''''.</center>
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<center>For lessons on the related [[topic]] of '''''[[Presence]]''''', follow '''''[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Presence this link]'''''.</center>
==Section 1==
==Section 1==
Real Presences is evidently born out of pain (one reviewer calls it a ‘vulnerable’ book), the pain
Real Presences is evidently born out of pain (one reviewer calls it a ‘vulnerable’ book), the pain