"Volume one of this first English translation of Michel Serres's foundational series establishes a new way to think about the production of knowledge during the late twentieth century. With Hermes I, we observe a singular poetic philosopher seeking to bridge the gap between the liberal arts and the sciences through a profound mathematical and poetic fable regarding information theory, history, and art"--

Michel Serres (1930–2019) was author of more than sixty books, including Biogea, Variations on the Body, and The Parasite (all published in translation by Minnesota). He is widely known for his poetic prose and interdisciplinary form of thought. 

Louise Burchill is translator of three books by Alain Badiou, including Deleuze: The Clamor of Being, and cotranslator of Évelyne Grossman's The Anguish of Thought (both published by Minnesota). 

Paul A. Harris is professor of English at Loyola Marymount University. He is coauthor of Contemporary Viewing Stone Display.