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Cover illustration: Luis Felipe Noé, Is There Another Truth Than Nature?; ¿Es que hay otra verdad que la naturaleza? (1992). © Luis Felipe Noé. By permission.
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Names: Pyenson, Lewis, author.
Title: The shock of recognition : motifs of modern art and science / by Lewis Pyenson.
Description: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2021] | Series: Nuncius series, 2405-5077 ; volume 5 | Includes bibliographical references and index.Identifiers: LCCN 2020028847 (print) | LCCN 2020028848 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004325722 (hardback) | ISBN 9789004325739 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Art and science. | Comparison (Philosophy) | Argentina–Intellectual life.
Classification: LCC N72.S3 P94 2021 (print) | LCC N72.S3 (ebook) | DDC 701/.05–dc23
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