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

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Central Problems of Philosophy SerPublisher: Montreal ; Ithaca : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2012]Copyright date: ©2012Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 300 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780773587472
  • 0773587470
  • 9780773585515
  • 0773585516
Other title:
  • Mythologist looks seriously at popular science writing
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Ancient mythology of modern science.DDC classification:
  • 201/.65 23
LOC classification:
  • BL240.3 .S34585 2012eb
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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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.
Summary: Examining the nature of myth-making and its surprising appearance in popular science writing.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)499869

Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-291) and index.

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.

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

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