Cosmos and the Rhetoric of Popular Science
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| Rating | : | 4.81 (584 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 149850759X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 178 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-05-20 |
| Language | : | English |
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Karen Schroeder Sorensen is assistant professor and coordinator of the Writing Across the Curriculum program at Winona State University.
(Sarah Perrault, University of California, Davis, Ph.D.)A rhetorical analyst is primarily concerned with how a text means. (James S. This will be indispensable in every library. Baumlin, Distinguished Professor, Missouri State University)This book offers a much-needed contribution to the rhetoric of science by elaborating on concepts that often go unexplored (or at least underexplored), most particularly mythos and storytelling. Sorenson lends a skillful eye to the way the miniseries became and remains a rhetorically vibrant and mesmerizing narrative of our civilization and its status in the ever-expand
Carl Sagan’s Cosmos inspires audiences to look at the universe with new eyes and to appreciate humanity’s importance in it. Although Sagan contributed much to the field of science as well as to public understanding of it, Cosmos remains his signature brand. Lessl’s observations regarding Cosmos’ connection to the mythic and science fiction. It delves deeply into Sagan’s rhetorical construction of the program in order to understand what elements contributed to its mythos.. Cosmos and the Rhetoric of Popular Science builds on Thomas M. Sagan’s deft use of rhetorical strategy creates an experience that pushes beyond the limits of a mere “educational” program to reveal a mythic adventure