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Subject(s)

• Astronomy [Browse]
• Cosmology [Browse]
• Television in astronomy [Browse]

Summary note

Carl Sagan's Cosmos inspires audiences to look at the universe with new eyes and to appreciate humanity's importance in it. 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. Although Sagan contributed much to the field of science as well as to public understanding of it, Cosmos remains his signature brand. Cosmos and the Rhetoric of Popular Science builds on Thomas M. 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. Book jacket.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Cosmos' epic journey
• Cosmos' context in time
• Ethos and the popular science persona
• The forum of television
• Cosmos and the creation of a popular science Mythos
• The rhetorical art of Cosmos
• Cosmos for another generation
• Appendix 1. Cosmos : a personal voyage scene index
• Appendix 2. Cosmos : a spacetime odyssey scene index
• Appendix 3. Terms and definitions.

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Other title(s)

Cosmos (Television program)

ISBN

• 9781498507592 (hardcover : alkaline paper)
• 149850759X (hardcover : alkaline paper)

LCCN

2017021051

OCLC

979567643

Other standard number

• 40027329154

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