Scientific Sublime: Popular Science Unravels the Mysteries of the Universe

by Alan G. Gross

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190637773
• ISBN13: 9780190637774
• Release Date: July 2018
• Publisher: Oxford Univ PR
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.4"