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Science Images and Popular Images of the Sciences

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What is a popular image of science and where does it come from? Little is known about the formation of science images and their transformation into popular images of science. In this anthology, contributions from two areas of expertise: image theory and history and the sociology of the sciences, explore techniques of constructing science images and transforming them into highly ambivalent images that represent the sciences. The essays, most of them with illustrations, present evidence that popular images of the sciences are based upon abstract theories rather than facts, and, equally, images of scientists are stimulated by imagination rather than historical knowledge.

Author Biography:

Peter Weingart is Professor of Sociology at the University of Bielefeld, Germany. Bernd Huppauf is a Professor at New York University
Release date Australia
June 20th, 2012
Audience
  • Tertiary Education (US: College)
Contributors
  • Edited by Bernd Huppauf
  • Edited by Peter Weingart
Illustrations
2 Tables, black and white; 55 Illustrations, black and white
Pages
346
Dimensions
152x229x18
ISBN-13
9780415512404
Product ID
20652525

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