Science Images and Popular Images of the Sciences

Inbunden, Engelska, 2007

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Beskrivning

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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2007-10-17
Mått:152 x 229 x 23 mm
Vikt:612 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Routledge Studies in Science, Technology and Society
Antal sidor:346
Förlag:Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:9780415383813

Utforska kategorier

Sociologi och antropologi inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Peter Weingart is Professor of Sociology at the University of Bielefeld, Germany.Bernd Huppauf is a Professor at New York University

Innehållsförteckning

1. Images in and of Science 2. Science Images between Scientific Fields and the Public Sphere: A Historiographical Survey 3. Image Science 4. Popular Images versus Self-Images of Science: Visual Representations of Science in Clipart Cartoons and Internet Photographs 5. The Frog’s Two Bodies: The Frog in Science Images 6. Science from Hell: Jack the Ripper and Victorian Vivisection 7. The Scientist as Personality: Elaborating a Science of Intimacy in the Nadar/Chevreul Interview (1886) 8. Visual Arguments: The Role of Images in Sciences and Mathematics 9. Imagination, Multimodality and Embodied Interaction: A Discussion of Sound and Movement in Two Cases of Laboratory and Clinical Magnetic Resonance Imaging 10. Neuroscience and Contemporary Art: An Interview 11. Women Scientists in Mainstream Film: Social Role Models - A Contribution to the Public Understanding of Science from the Perspective of Film Sociology 12. Stereotypes and Images of Scientists in Fiction Films 13. The Ambivalence Towards New Knowledge: Science in Fiction Film 14. Unforgettable?: Science, Prosthetic Memory, Film 15. The Self-Referential Scientist: Narrative, Media, and Metamorphosis in Cronenberg’s The Fly