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Communicating science: professional, popular, literary

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Russell, Nicholas J

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Cambridge University Press

Publication Date

2010

Language

English

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Introduction: What this book is about and why you might want to read it

Prologue: Three orphans share a common paternity : professional science communication, popular journalism and literary fiction are not as separate as they seem

Spreading the word : problems with publishing professional science

Walk like an Egyptian : the alien feeling of professional science writing

The future's bright? : professional science communication in the age of the internet

Counting the horse's teeth : professional standards in science's barter economy

Separating the wheat from the chaff : peer review on trial

The public understanding of science (PUS) movement and its problems

Public engagement with science and technology (PEST) : good principle, difficult practice

Citizen scientists? : democratic input into science policy

Teaching and learning science in school : implications for popular science communication

What every scientist should know about mass media

What every scientist should know about journalists

The influence of new media

How the media represent science

How should science journalists behave?

A terrible storm in Wittenberg : natural knowledge through sorcery and evil

A terrible storm in the Mediterranean : controlling nature with white magic and religion

Thieving magpies : the subtle art of false projecting

Foolish virtuosi : natural philosophy emerges as a distinct discipline but many cannot take it seriously

Is scientific knowledge 'true' or should it just be 'truthfully' deployed?

Science and the Gothic : the three big nineteenth century monster stories

Science fiction : serious literature or low grade entertainment?

Science in British literary fiction

Science on stage : the politics and ethics of science in cultural and educational contexts.

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Subjects

Aspect social
Communication in science
Electronic books
Information scientifique
Massenkultur
Massenmedien
Philosophy & Social Aspects
Popularisierung
Populärwissenschaftliche Darstellung
SCIENCE
SCIENCE -- Philosophy & Social Aspects
Science -- Social aspects
Science-Fiction-Literatur
Science in literature
Sciences
Sciences -- Aspect social
Sciences dans la littérature
Social aspects
Wissenschaft
Wissenschaftlichkeit
Wissenschaftstransfer

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9780521131728
9781282388734
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9786612388736
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