Science Images and Popular Images of the Sciences
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Science Images and Popular Images of the Sciences by Peter Weingart
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.Peter Weingart is Professor of Sociology at the University of Bielefeld, Germany.
Bernd Huppauf is a Professor at New York University
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| ISBN 13 | 9780415512404 |
| ISBN 10 | 0415512409 |
| Title | Science Images and Popular Images of the Sciences |
| Author | Peter Weingart |
| Series | Routledge Studies In Science Technology And Society |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Year published | 2012-06-20 |
| Number of pages | 346 |
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