Chaos Imagined

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By Martin Meisel ’60

Published March 4, 2016

Chaos Imagined examines the disorder that exists in our world. Martin Meisel ’60 explores the history of the conception and perception of chaos, drawing on art, science, and linguistics as well as the works of philosophers and authors. Meisel is a professor of dramatic literature emeritus at Columbia University. 

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