Ancient Mythology of Modern Science: A Mythologist Looks (Seriously) at Popular Science Writing 9780773587472
Examining the nature of myth-making and its surprising appearance in popular science writing.
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English Pages 320 [315] Year 2012
Table of contents :
Cover
Title
Copyright
Contents
Preface
Introduction: Centaurs and Scientists
1 Mythologizing Matter: On Myth, Popular Science, and the Problem of Centric Knowledge
2 It Had to Be You! Fire without Prometheus
3 Randomness and Life: Sobering Lessons from the Drunkard's Walk
4 Copernican Kinship: An Origin Myth for the Category
5 Descartes Descending or the Last Homunculus: Introversive Anthropomorphizing in Popular Science Writing
6 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
Notes
References
Index
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