The ancient mythology of modern science : a mythologist looks (seriously) at popular science writing /

Examining the nature of myth-making and its surprising appearance in popular science writing.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Schrempp, Gregory Allen, 1950- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Montreal ; Ithaca : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2012]
Subjects:
Science news > Philosophy.
Science news > Social aspects.
Religion and science.
Mythology.
Religion and Science
Mythology
Sciences > Vulgarisation > Philosophie.
Sciences > Vulgarisation > Aspect social.
Religion et sciences.
Mythologie.
mythology (literary genre)
RELIGION > Religion & Science.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Folklore & Mythology.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : Centaurs and scientists
  • Mythologizing matter : on myth, popular science, and the problem of centric knowledge
  • It had to be you! Fire without Prometheus
  • 3. Randomness and life : sobering lessons from the drunkard's walk
  • Copernican kinship : an origin myth for the category
  • 5. Descartes descending or the last homunculus : introversive anthropomorphizing in popular science writing
  • Once more, with feeling! The view from the moon and the return of the Copernican revolution
  • Conclusion : Paradise lost, paradise regained : how scientists save myth.

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