Hermes IV Volume 82
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$491.40
- Hardcover
352 pages
- Release Date
22 December 2026
Summary
Hermes IV: Distribution
How order, meaning, and knowledge emerge from noise across science, literature, and philosophy
Hermes IV: Distribution is the fourth and penultimate volume in Michel Serres’s landmark series on knowledge and communication across disciplines. This collection of essays investigates how order emerges from noise, using thermodynamics and information theory as structural models applicable to science, literature, and culture alike. Moving beyond th…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781517901929 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1517901928 |
| Author: | Michel Serres, Randolph Burks |
| Publisher: | University of Minnesota Press |
| Imprint: | University of Minnesota Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 22 December 2026 |
| Weight: | 624g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 18mm |
| Series: | Posthumanities |
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About The Author
Michel Serres
Michel Serres (1930-2019) was the author of more than sixty books, including Biogea, Variations on the Body, and The Parasite. He was widely known for his poetic prose and interdisciplinary form of thought.
Randolph Burks is an independent scholar who has translated many works by Michel Serres, including Biogea, Variations on the Body, Hermes II, and Hermes III.
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