| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 300 pages :) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-291) and index. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Mythology.
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Mythology. |
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Religion and science.
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Religion and science. |
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Science news -- Philosophy.
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Science news. |
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Philosophy. |
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Science news -- Social aspects.
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Social aspects. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Title |
Mythologist looks at popular science writing |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Cook, Sharon Anne. Ancient Mythology of Modern Science : A Mythologist Looks (Seriously) at Popular Science Writing. Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2014 |
| ISBN |
9780773587472 (electronic book) |
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0773587470 (electronic book) |
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0773539891 (acid-free paper) |
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9780773539891 (acid-free paper) |
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