Umfang:
Online Ressource (xiv, 300 p. :)
,
ill.
Ausgabe:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
9780773587472
,
0773587470
Inhalt:
Examining the nature of myth-making and its surprising appearance in popular science writing
Inhalt:
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.
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-291) and index
Weitere Ausg.:
0773587470
Weitere Ausg.:
0773539891
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Schrempp, Gregory Allen, 1950- Ancient mythology of modern science Montréal [Québec] ; Ithaca [N.Y.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2012
Sprache:
Englisch
Schlagwort(e):
Electronic books
