Archaic Introjects and the Cosmology of H. G. Wells

Abstract

The roles of the archaic loving and hating introjects are traced in the early scientific romances and the life work of H.G. Wells. The preambivalent polarization of the early loving introjects of an archaic ego ideal (giving rise to utopian fantasies and, later, to promulgations of a new world state) and the early hostile introjects of an archaic superego (giving rise to fears of death and, later, to fears of cosmic dissolution) is represented in eschatological preoccupations with death, the Last Judgment, heaven and hell. These religious preoccupations are derivatives of wishes for maternal union and bliss on the one hand, and of castration anxiety and fears of personal annihilation on the other. Further transformations of the archaic introjects are traced through an indentification with the role of redeemer, and later, through his scientific studies, to an espousal of T.H. Huxley's teachings of organic evolution and to the development of cosmological themes in his work.

Atomic Resolution Structure of Concanavalin A at 120 K

“…Such observations are probably indicative of real structural differences, especially with respect to disordered groups and the solvent regions (Hope, 1988). In addition, a strange temperature dependence of the b and c cell dimensions was observed and verified on three different crystals (Parkin & Hope, 1993). Preliminary evidence suggests that this is associated with a slight rearrangement of a loop in the vicinity of Asn162, but a full account will be presented later.…”

Structure of bovine pancreatic trypsin inhibitor at 125 K definition of carboxyl-terminal residues Gly57 and Ala58

“…The overall decrease in cell volume of about 3% on cooling to 125 K is normal for molecular crystals, and has been observed in crystals of other proteins such as crambin (Hope, 1988;Parkin, 1993;Parkin & Hope, 1993), sperm whale metmyoglobin (Hartmann et al, 1982), and concanavalin A (Parkin, 1993;Parkin & Hope, 1993). The cell dimensions observed at 125 K were noticeably different from those at room temperature.…”

“…There is no ~maccounted-for electron density in these regions, however (Figs. Preliminary work on concanavalin A has identified a minor phase transition at about 165K (Parkin, 1993;Parkin & Hope, 1993). In addition to Gly57 and Ala58, various side chains were found in quite different positions at low temperature.…”

Macromolecular Cryocrystallography: Cooling, Mounting, Storage and Transportation of Crystals

“…We also describe a set of useful implements that are an integral part of the methods. Although we have not previously published a description of these methods, they have been presented at a number of international conferences (Parkin & Hope, 1993;Parkin et al, 1996;Hope, 1996;Parkin, 1997). This paper was written at the request of a number of people who have used and adapted these techniques to suit their own particular experimental set-ups.…”