Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. FIGURES ix
4. PROLOGUE: LIMITS 1
5. INTRODUCTION: MATERIALS SCIENCE, MATERIALIST POETICS 11
6. 1. THE INORGANIC OPEN: NANOTECHNOLOGY AND PHYSICAL BEING 35
7. 2. OBJECTISM: CHARLES OLSON’S POETICS OF PHYSICAL BEING 57
8. 3. DESIGN SCIENCE: GEODESIC ARCHITECTURE IN NANOSCALE CARBON CHEMISTRY AND RONALD JOHNSON’S ARK 98
9. 4. SURRATIONAL SOLIDS, SURREALIST LIQUIDS: CRYSTALLOGRAPHY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY IN MATERIALS SCIENCE AND MATERIALIST POETRY 153
10. 5. THE SCALE OF A WOUND: NANOTECHNOLOGY AND THE POETICS OF REAL ABSTRACTION IN SHANXING WANG’S MAD SCIENCE IN IMPERIAL CITY 216
11. CONCLUSION: TECHNĒ , POIĒSIS, FABRICATION 245
12. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 249
13. NOTES 251
14. WORKS CITED 275
15. INDEX 293