Book ID: CBB000057399

Expository science: Forms and functions of popularisation (1985)

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Shinn, Terry (Editor)
Whitley, Richard D. (Editor)


Reidel
Publication date: 1985


Publication Date: 1985
Physical Details: xiii + 292 pp.; notes; index

Description Contents: Whitley, Richard: Knowledge producers and knowledge acquirers: Popularisation as a relation between scientific fields and their publics. Michel Cloître, Shinn, Terry: Expository practice: Social, cognitive and epistemological linkage. Bunders, Joske, Whitley, Richard: Popularisation within the sciences: The purposes and consequences of inter-specialist communication. Yearley, Steven: Representing geology: Textual structures in the pedagogical presentation of science. De Vries, Gerard, Harbers, Hans: Attuning science to culture: Scientific and popular discussion in Dutch sociology of education, 1960-1980. Claeys, Gregory: The reaction to political radicalism and the popularisation of political economy in early 19th-century Britain: The case of “productive” and “unproductive”labour. Green, Jeremy: Media sensationalisation and science: The case of the criminal chromosome. Yoxen, Edward: Speaking out about competition: An essay on The double helix as popularisation. Biezunski, Michel: Popularisation and scientific controversy: The case of the theory of relativity in France. Eidelman, Jacqueline: The cathedral of French science: The early years of the Palais de la Découverte. Bayertz, Kurt: Spreading the spirit of science: Social determinants of the popularisation of science in 19th-century Germany. Reingold, Nathan: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer meets the Atom Bomb. Blondel, Christine: Industrial science as a “show”: A case-study of Georges Claude. Goldstrom, Max: Popular political economy for the British working class reader in the 19th century. McElheny, Victor: Impacts of present-day popularisation.


Reviewed By

Review Curtis, R.C. (1991) Review of "Expository science: Forms and functions of popularisation". Minerva: A Review of Science, Learning and Policy (pp. 116-30). unapi

Includes Chapters

Chapter Green, Jeremy (1985) Media sensationalisation and science: The case of the criminal chromosome. In: Expository science: Forms and functions of popularisation (p. 139). unapi

Chapter Yoxen, Edward (1985) Speaking out about competition: An essay on The double helix as popularisation. In: Expository science: Forms and functions of popularisation (p. 163). unapi

Chapter Goldstrom, Max (1985) Popular political economy for the British working class reader in the 19th century. In: Expository science: Forms and functions of popularisation (p. 259). unapi

Chapter Claeys, Gregory (1985) The reaction to political radicalism in the popularisation of political economy in early 19th-century Britain: The case of the “productive” and “unproductive” labour. In: Expository science: Forms and functions of popularisation (p. 119). unapi

Chapter Biezunski, Michel (1985) Popularisation and scientific controversy: The case of the theory of relativity in France. In: Expository science: Forms and functions of popularisation (p. 183). unapi

Chapter Eidelman, Jacqueline (1985) The cathedral of French science: The early years of the Palais de la Découverte. In: Expository science: Forms and functions of popularisation (p. 195). unapi

Chapter Bayertz, Kurt (1985) Spreading the spirit of science: Social determinants of the popularisation of science in 19th-century Germany. In: Expository science: Forms and functions of popularisation (p. 209). unapi

Chapter Reingold, Nathan (1985) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer meets the Atom Bomb. In: Expository science: Forms and functions of popularisation (p. 229). unapi

Chapter Blondel, Christine (1985) Industrial science as a “show”: A case-study of Georges Claude. In: Expository science: Forms and functions of popularisation (p. 249). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Alvarez de Morales, Camilo
Amelung, Iwo
Bacquemont, Daniel
Bektas, Yakup
Bird, Alexander
Dickenson, Victoria J. V.
Journals
Corpus: Revue de Philosophie
Dialogue: Canadian Philosophical Review
Dynamis: Acta Hispanica ad Medicinae Scientiarumque Historiam Illustrandam
Earth Sciences History: Journal of the History of the Earth Sciences Society
Revue d'Histoire des Sciences
Rivista di Filosofia
Publishers
Anthem Press
C.T.H.S.
Il Cardo
McGill-Queen's University Press
Presses Universitaires de France
Reidel
Concepts
Science
Technology
Biographies
Arab/Islamic world, civilization and culture
Sociology of knowledge
Historians of science, modern
People
Bergson, Henri Louis
Berkeley, George
Bunge, Mario
Buonamici, Francesco
Entrecasteaux, Antoine R. J. de Bruni d'
Ginés, Juan Vernet
Time Periods
18th century
19th century
17th century
20th century
20th century, early
Medieval
Places
China
British Isles
France
North America
Russia
United States
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