Paul Sutter is an American author who generally writes articles relating to space. Four articles by Paul Sutter are “Do Black Holes Die?”, “What if the Moon Disappeared Tomorrow”, “The Fabulous Lives of Nebulas”, and “How Can the Universe Expand Faster Than the Speed of Light?” Throughout these four articles, Sutter maintains a common purpose. His main purpose of these articles is to inform the reader about the topics of each article. Along with the main purpose of these articles, the intended audience stays the same. The intended audience is people that do not know much about science already, but are interested in it. People that are not at all interested in science would probably find these articles boring, while more adept scientists …show more content…
The audience of this article is the same audience as the last article. In this article, illustration is more present than the last. Sutter illustrated a “what if” scenario and explains its impact. It is effective, because he gives specific example of things that would be different if there was no moon. He puts an illustration in the reader's mind to what it would be like. Again in this article, Sutter uses 2nd person point of view to make the article more seem like it was a conversation with a real person. In addition, Sutter uses many questions within his writing to almost give the reader a voice to what he will talk about next. It is effective because it makes the reader feel more confidant in what they are reading about since the author is trying to connect with them …show more content…
This article is generally about how humans think of speeds and how what they know sometimes doesn’t apply in other places in the universe. It also answers the question in the title of how it is possible for the universe to expand faster than the cosmic speed limit. As with the other articles, description and illustration are the main modes used. He these to explain different things about the universe and also to answer the question in the title. These modes are effective for this article and all the other articles because it allows the author to convey his information to the reader in a convenient way. Although this article mostly conforms to the standards of the other articles, Sutter uses subtle amount of repetition. This repetition is very effect as it increases the reader's understanding of what the article is saying. The best example of this from this article is Sutter’s use of the word “local”. He uses it to emphasize that what we learn and know about is “a law of local physics” or “local motion, local law”. This repetition many not seem important, but it is to the understanding of the reader as they are reading
1 Wilson Follett, in the article “On Usage, Purism, Pedantry” from Modern American Usage, promotes how two parties view the rights and wrongs concerning the usage of language.
The brochure uses realistic photos of Moon Bears and their environment which makes it seems informative. It has a graph providing information about moon bear age growth in captivity compare to them in the wild and a map of the location of the moon bear’s main population. But the pictures did not show the disadvantages of living in a cage. The literary provided the audience illustration that was not realistic as photos in the informative, but this helped the literary text to add facial expression, for example, on page 15, it shows a picture of Star’s mother howling at the distance in hope that she will here Star’s cry. Her mouth was open and she was frustrated. The background colour sets the mood, in this instance, dark blue, with the picture telling you what is happening. The informative simply just doesn’t appeal to another’s sense of
As the history of the United States has progressed, the motivation for starting a war has varied over the years. Something that has been consistent throughout every war are the emotions behind the soldiers fighting it. This can be seen in the books Gone with the Wind and The Things They Carried, and the document Letter to Elmer J. Sutters.
Aliens, robots, rockets, shrunken heads that talk, and planets being sold, are some sort of science. It also adds in science references and terms dealing with space, like the...
To illustrate, the effectiveness of the article, she ends with adding that perhaps there is life on these planets. The author ends the article using a rhetorical appeal of pathos to appeal the audience that believes in extraterrestrial life. The author tries to use professional effective rhetorical elements to persuade the audience into reading the article and becoming interested in the news. Even so, the argument is effective towards bright individuals because it makes one think about what it will be if there was actually life outside of
Cosmology is a field of astronomy that focuses on the framework, and emergence of the universe. Over the years, many cosmologists have contributed to the subject, using many forms of technology, to make a multitude of discoveries. Improvements in technology are responsible for superlative discoveries, chiefly about the Big Bang, the origin of our universe. The works of various cosmologists, such as Galileo Galilei, Edwin Hubble, Robert Dicke, Arno Penzias, Robert Wilson, and Vera Rubin have changed the way humanity views the universe, through their use of technology, and through their brilliance.
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With our world progressing so quickly in science and technology it is fascinating to look back at the literature that was the inspiration for these advances. It is strange that this genre, filled with such outlandish plot lines and characters, could influence the real world. In a way it’s beautiful. When these brilliant minds of mankind are able to grab an idea from the fictional world and work together to make it a reality. For hundreds of years, people have dreamed of what they thought to be impossible but to quote Star Trek, “Things are only impossible until their not.”
...redit for developing and successfully finishing the general theories of relativity, having a forever-lasting effect on science.
Visually, the moon is bigger and brighter, juxtaposed to the words engulfing the earth with its bigger and bolder shade. The man sitting on the moon has his eyes glued on the television to symbolize the American people’s cynical attitude. Because the launch interested many individuals, they used it as a tool that prevented them from giving their full attention to the earth’s crisis. He ultimately challenges the conduct in which people choose to show during the time of two influenced
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The first three chapters of A Brief History of Time cover a variety of topics. In chapter one, Stephen Hawking tries to provide a single theory to describe the entire universe. Chapter two describes some of the ideas that scientists, mathematicians, philosophers, and physicians of the past had about gravity and theories of motion. The third chapter in the book talks about the work of many scientists of the past concerning whether the universe is expanding or not. In each chapter, Stephen Hawking describes several different things to solve the huge idea of the entire universe.
In the article, the author reveals his passion for science began at an early age becoming curious to learning how things work, and as an adult qualified the gratification you receive from its understanding when he states “Doing science is still among my chief pleasures” (Sagan 2). Throughout the article, Sagan reiterates his passion for science while he explains the disconnect in today’s democratic American society due to the movement away from science and into an information and service economy. The author argues from the point of view of how children and adults who do not understand science could be detrimental to society because people are less knowledgeable about the world and have the inability to find new ideas. In a plea, the author explains “…how gratifying it is when we get it…” Sagan’s article in the Washington Post directly aligns with the interest and passion with our protagonist, Victor Frankenstein who says “I read and studied the wild fancies of these writers with delight; they appeared to me treasure know too few besides myself” (Shelley 22). Frankenstein describes his passion to learn the secrets to which nature holds for the purpose of rewards of discovery. And Sagan just like Frankenstein indicates “When you’re in love, you want to tell the world ” and”when we understand and put this knowledge to use, many feel, if not a wild exhilaration, a least a deep satisfaction” (Sagan 3). Although science is not absolute with a definitive answer it is important to collaborate with others thus roping them into thinking about how science integrates into their lives instead of maintain isolation giving no room for
Space has always been a pivotal and utmost important subject for many years. In the past, scientists have made monumental advances in this field such as sending people into orbit and landing a man on the moon. Of course, this has only barely been explored and we still have a lot more to see of the ever-vast outer space. One of the most significant topics of all of science has only been touched and there’s still more to come.