Part I. Literatures And Sciences. Ai And Alife / John Johnston -- Alchemy / Mark S. Morrisson -- Biology / Sabine Sielke -- Chaos And Complexity Theory / Ira Livingston -- Chemistry / Jay Labinger -- Climate Science / Robert Markley -- Cognitive Science / Joseph Tabbi -- Cybernetics / Søren Brier -- Ecology / Stacy Alaimo -- Evolution / David Amigoni -- Genetics / Judith Roof -- Geology / Stephen A. Norwick -- Information Theory / Philipp Schweighauser -- Mathematics / Brian Rotman -- Medicine / George Rousseau -- Nanotechnology / Colin Milburn -- Physics / Dirk Vanderbeke -- Psychoanalysis / Arkady Plotnitsky -- Systems Theory / Bruce Clarke -- Thermodynamics / John Bruni -- Part Ii. Disciplinary And Theoretical Approaches. Agricultural Studies / Susan M. Squier -- Animal Studies / Richard Nash -- Art Connections / Robert Pepperell -- Cultural Science Studies / Maureen Mcneil -- Deconstruction / Vicki Kirby -- E-literature / Joseph Tabbi -- Feminist Science Studies / Susan M. Squier And Melissa M. Littlefield -- Game Studies / Gordon Calleja And Ivan Callus -- History Of Science / Henning Schmidgen -- Media Studies / Mark B.n. Hansen -- Philosophy Of Science / Alfred Nordmann -- Posthumanism / Neil Badmington -- Science Fiction / Lisa Yaszek -- Semiotics / Paul Cobley -- Part Iii. Periods And Cultures. Greece And Rome / Emma Gee -- Middle Ages And Early Renaissance / Arielle Saiber -- Scientific Revolution I: Copernicus To Boyle / Alvin Snider -- Scientific Revolution Ii: Newton To Laplace / Lucinda Cole -- Romanticism / Noah Heringman -- Industrialism / Virginia Richter -- Russia / Kenneth J. Knoespel -- Japan / Thomas Lamarre -- Modernism / T. Hugh Crawford -- Postmodernism / Stefan Herbrechter. Edited By Bruce Clarke With Manuela Rossini. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.