The scientific sublime : popular science unravels the mysteries of the universe
Alan G. Gross
Bok · Engelsk · 2018
| Omfang | VIII, 314 sider : illustrasjoner
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| Opplysninger | 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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| Emner | Science - Social aspects
Sublimitet Vitenskap Vitenskapsfilosofi vitenskap sublimitet vitenskapsfilosofi vitenskapshistorie |
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| ISBN | 978-0-19-063777-4
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