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The scientific sublime : popular science unravels the mysteries of the universe /
"The sublime evokes our awe, our terror, and our wonder. Applied first in ancient Greece to the heights of literary expression, in the 18th-century the sublime was extended to nature and to the sciences, enterprises that viewed the natural world as a manifestation of God's goodness, power,...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
[2018]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "The sublime evokes our awe, our terror, and our wonder. Applied first in ancient Greece to the heights of literary expression, in the 18th-century the sublime was extended to nature and to the sciences, enterprises that viewed the natural world as a manifestation of God's goodness, power, and wisdom. In The Scientific Sublime, Alan Gross reveals the modern-day sublime in popular science. He shows how the great popular scientists of our time--Richard Feynman, Stephen Hawking, Steven Weinberg, Brian Greene, Lisa Randall, Rachel Carson, Stephen Jay Gould, Steven Pinker, Richard Dawkins, and E.O. Wilson--evoke the sublime in response to fundamental questions: How did the universe begin? How did life? How did language?"-- |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (viii, 314 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780190637804 0190637803 9780190637781 0190637781 9780197559727 0197559727 9780190637798 019063779X |