{"product_id":"scientific-sublime-popular-science-unravels-the-mysteries-of-the-universe-hardcover-1","title":"Scientific Sublime: Popular Science Unravels the Mysteries of the Universe - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlan G. Gross\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe Scientific Sublime\u003c\/em\u003e, 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? These authors maintain a tradition initiated by Joseph Addison, Edmund Burke, Immanuel Kant, and Adam Smith, towering 18th-century figures who adapted the literary sublime first to nature, then to science--though with one crucial difference: religion has been replaced wholly by science. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn a final chapter, Gross explores science's attack on religion, an assault that attempts to sweep permanently under the rug two questions science cannot answer: What is the meaning of life? What is the meaning of the good life?\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlan G. Gross\u003c\/strong\u003e 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 \u003cem\u003eThe Rhetoric of Science \u003c\/em\u003eand co-author of \u003cem\u003eCommunicating Science, The Scientific Literature, The Craft of Scientific Communication, Science from Sight to Insight, \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eThe Internet Revolution in the Sciences and Humanities.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 328\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 9.4 x 6.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 02, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42035200163920,"sku":"9780190637774","price":55.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/9540\/0016\/files\/cUlvM2lQeUY2T2w1UmRYbTBBc0g0Zz09_4aca0f98-e5d8-4ef8-a0a5-f0db5557e1bc.webp?v=1771838031","url":"https:\/\/palm-malen-gift-shop-pmrc.myshopify.com\/products\/scientific-sublime-popular-science-unravels-the-mysteries-of-the-universe-hardcover-1","provider":"Palm Malen Gift Shop -PMRC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}