Bryan Walpert, Ph.D., is a senior lecturer in the School of English & Media Studies at Massey University in Palmerston North, New Zealand. He is the author of two collections of poetry, Etymology and A History of Glass, as well as a collection of short stories, Ephraim’s Eyes.

• Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Popularization, Praise, and the Aesthetic Pleasures of Science 2. Poetry, Science and Claims on Knowledge 3. The Ghost of Romanticism: Perception and Imagination 4. The Ghost of Modernism: Relativity of Knowledge 5. The Ghost of Language: The Postmodern Subject and the Poiesis of Science 6. The Ghost of Science: Knowledge as Intervention Epilogue Notes Works Cited Index

Bryan Walpert, Ph.D., is a senior lecturer in the School of English & Media Studies at Massey University in Palmerston North, New Zealand. He is the author of two collections of poetry, Etymology and A History of Glass, as well as a collection of short stories, Ephraim’s Eyes.

• Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Popularization, Praise, and the Aesthetic Pleasures of Science 2. Poetry, Science and Claims on Knowledge 3. The Ghost of Romanticism: Perception and Imagination 4. The Ghost of Modernism: Relativity of Knowledge 5. The Ghost of Language: The Postmodern Subject and the Poiesis of Science 6. The Ghost of Science: Knowledge as Intervention Epilogue Notes Works Cited Index

Bryan Walpert, Ph.D., is a senior lecturer in the School of English & Media Studies at Massey University in Palmerston North, New Zealand. He is the author of two collections of poetry, Etymology and A History of Glass, as well as a collection of short stories, Ephraim’s Eyes.

• Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Popularization, Praise, and the Aesthetic Pleasures of Science 2. Poetry, Science and Claims on Knowledge 3. The Ghost of Romanticism: Perception and Imagination 4. The Ghost of Modernism: Relativity of Knowledge 5. The Ghost of Language: The Postmodern Subject and the Poiesis of Science 6. The Ghost of Science: Knowledge as Intervention Epilogue Notes Works Cited Index