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UNINA9911141188603321 |
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Autore |
Gordon Lois G |
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Titolo |
Reading Godot / / Lois Gordon |
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New Haven, Conn., : Yale University Press, c2002 |
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9786611731120 |
9781281731128 |
1281731129 |
9780300132021 |
0300132026 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (1 online resource ([ix], 214 p.) ) : ill |
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LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-207) and index. |
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Front matter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- ONE. The First Forty Years, 1906-46: Origins of a Vision and Form -- TWO. Waiting for Godot: The Existential Dimension -- THREE. The Dream as a Manifestation of Unconscious Language and Emotion: The Conglomerative Effect -- FOUR. The Conglomerative Voice: Cain and Abel -- FIVE. The Language of Dreams: The Anatomy of the Conglomerative Effect -- SIX. ''The key word . . . is 'perhaps' '' -- SEVEN. Staging the Conglomerative Effect -- EIGHT. Crystallization of a Vision and Form -- NOTES -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX |
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Waiting for Godot has been acclaimed as the greatest play of the twentieth century. It is also the most elusive: two lifelong friends sing, dance, laugh, weep, and question their fate on a road that descends from and goes nowhere. Throughout, they repeat their intention "Let's go," but this is inevitably followed by the direction "(They do not move.)." This is Beckett's poetic construct of the human condition. Lois Gordon, author of The World of Samuel Beckett, has written a fascinating and illuminating introduction to Beckett's great work for general readers, students, and specialists. Critically sophisticated and historically informed, it approaches the play scene by scene, exploring the text linguistically, philosophically, critically, and biographically. |
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Gordon argues that the play portrays more than the rational mind's search for self and worldly definition. It also dramatizes Beckett's insights into human nature, into the emotional life that frequently invades rationality and liberates, victimizes, or paralyzes the individual. Gordon shows that Beckett portrays humanity in conflict with mysterious forces both within and outside the self, that he is an artist of the psychic distress born of relativism. |
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UNINA9910876780803321 |
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Autore |
Elber Ron |
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Molecular kinetics in condensed phases : theory, simulation, and analysis / / Ron Elber, Dmitrii E. Makarov, Henri Orland |
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1-119-17679-4 |
1-119-17678-6 |
1-119-17680-8 |
9781119176787 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (292 pages) : illustrations |
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Chemical kinetics - Mathematical models |
Stochastic processes - Mathematical models |
Molecular structure |
Molecular theory |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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The Langevin equation and stochastic processes -- The Fokker-Planck equation -- The Schrödinger representation -- Discrete systems : the master equation and kinetic Monte Carlo -- Path integrals -- Barrier crossing -- Sampling transition paths -- The rate of conformational change : definition and computation -- Zwanzig-Caldeiga-Leggett model for low-dimensional dynamics -- Escape from a potential well in the case of dynamics obeying the generalized Langevin equation : |
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general solution based on the Zwanzig-Caldeira-Leggett Hamiltonian -- Diffusive dynamics on a multidimensional energy landscape -- Quantum effects in chemical kinetics -- Computer simulations of molecular kinetics : foundation -- The master equation as a model for transitions between macrostates -- Direct calculation of rate coefficients with computer simulations -- A simple numerical example of rate calculations -- Rare events and reaction coordinates -- Celling -- An example of the use of cells : alanine dipeptide. |
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"Modern approaches to the study of kinetics routinely combine the use of computer simulations with analytic analysis. This book is focused on the theory, algorithms, simulations methods, and analysis of molecular kinetics in condensed phases. It provides a detailed and comprehensive description of modern theories and simulation methods to model molecular events. Emphasis is placed on rigorous stochastic modeling of molecular processes and the use of the mathematical models to reproduce experimental observations, such as rate coefficients, mean first passage times, and transition times. Simulations focus on atomically detailed modeling of molecules in action and the connections of these simulations to theory and experiment. Applications are described that range from simple intuitive examples of one- and two-dimensional systems to complex solvated macromolecules. The book is divided into five sections and topics covered include: Introduction: Langevin dynamics, Fokker Planck equation, path integrals, generalized Langevin equation, generalized master equation, theory of optimal pathways. Kinetic Theory: Transition state theory, transmission coefficient, duration of transition path, Kramers theory, Grote-Hynes theory, generalized Langevin equation and transition state theory, diffusion controlled reactions, quantum effects on reaction rates. Simulations: Molecular dynamics simulations, Monte Carlo method, accelerated dynamics approaches for kinetics, calculations of reaction pathways. Analysis: Committors, transition path theory, kinetic networks, Markov state models. Examples: One and two-dimensional models, simulations of biological macromolecules, models of protein folding, molecular machines, transport processes"-- |
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