Alan G Gross

The Scientific Sublime

Popular Science Unravels the Mysteries of the Universe

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Produktbeschreibung

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?

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Sydney University Press
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Juli 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 239mm x 163mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 590g
• ISBN-13: 9780190637774
• ISBN-10: 0190637773
• Artikelnr.: 49958310

Autorenporträt

Alan G. Gross is a Professor Emeritus of Communication Studies at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities and a National Communication Association Distinguished Scholar. His specialty is scientific communication. He is the author of The Rhetoric of Science and co-author of Communicating Science, The Scientific Literature, The Craft of Scientific Communication, Science from Sight to Insight, and The Internet Revolution in the Sciences and Humanities.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: Isn't Science Sublime?
Part I: The Physicists
Chapter 2: Richard Feynman: The Consensual Sublime
Chapter 3: Steven Weinberg: The Conjectural Sublime
Chapter 4. Lisa Randall: The Technological Sublime
Chapter 5. Brian Greene: The Speculative Sublime
Chapter 6. Stephen Hawking: The Scientific Sublime Embodied
Part II: The Biologists
Chapter 7. Rachel Carson: The Ethical Sublime
Chapter 8. Stephen Jay Gould's Books: The Balanced Sublime
Chapter 9. Stephen Jay Gould's Essays: Experiencing the Sublime
Chapter 10. Steven Pinker: The Polymath Sublime
Chapter 11. Richard Dawkins: The Mathematical Sublime
Chapter 12. E. O. Wilson: The Biophilic Sublime
Part III
Chapter 13. Move Over, God