Science Images and Popular Images of the Sciences
Download or Read eBook Science Images and Popular Images of the Sciences PDF written by Peter Weingart and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-10-12 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Peter Weingart |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 330 |
| Release | : 2012-10-12 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9781134175802 |
| ISBN-13 | : 1134175809 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (02 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Science Images and Popular Images of the Sciences by : Peter Weingart
Book excerpt: 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.
