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The scientific sublime : popular science unravels the mysteries of the universe / Alan G. Gross.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gross, Alan G., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Science--Social aspects.
- Science.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (viii, 314 pages) : illustrations, maps
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2020.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- 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?
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 2018.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record
- Other Format:
- Print version
- ISBN:
- 9780197559727
- 0197559727
- OCLC:
- 1222774812
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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