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The Scientific Sublime
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Pages: 329
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Categories: Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

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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 w
Beyond the Finite
Language: en
Pages: 192
Authors: Roald Hoffmann
Categories: Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-02-01 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

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Throughout its long history, and not just as the key aesthetic category for the Romantic Movement, the sublime has created the necessary link between aesthetic
Emerson's Sublime Science
Language: en
Pages: 204
Authors: Eric Wilson
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 1999 - Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

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He wished to galvanize his readers, to shock them into an awareness of nature's animating energies. Offering new perspectives on Emerson's Romanticism, the stud
American Technological Sublime
Language: en
Pages: 388
Authors: David E. Nye
Categories: Technology & Engineering
Type: BOOK - Published: 1996-02-28 - Publisher: MIT Press

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American Technological Sublime continues the exploration of the social construction of technology that David Nye began in his award-winning book Electrifying Am
Science Fiction Theology
Language: en
Pages: 329
Authors: Alan P. R. Gregory
Categories: Christianity and literature
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Explores the sublime in Christian theology and science fiction.