The scientific sublime: popular science unravels the mysteries of the universe
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New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2018].
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Book
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9780190637774, 0190637773
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EVLD Avon Public Library
501 GRO
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"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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EVLD Avon Public Library
501 GRO
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May 2, 2023
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Physical Desc:
viii, 314 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language:
English
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Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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APA Citation (style guide)
Gross, A. G. (2018). The scientific sublime: popular science unravels the mysteries of the universe. New York, NY, Oxford University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Gross, Alan G.. 2018. The Scientific Sublime: Popular Science Unravels the Mysteries of the Universe. New York, NY, Oxford University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Gross, Alan G., The Scientific Sublime: Popular Science Unravels the Mysteries of the Universe. New York, NY, Oxford University Press, 2018.
MLA Citation (style guide)Gross, Alan G.. The Scientific Sublime: Popular Science Unravels the Mysteries of the Universe. New York, NY, Oxford University Press, 2018.
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