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Expository Science
. Ed(S): Shinn, T.; Whitley, Richard
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Paperback. Editor(s): Shinn, T.; Whitley, Richard. Series: Sociology of the Sciences Yearbook. Num Pages: 308 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 279 x 216 x 16. Weight in Grams: 970.
The prevailing view of scientific popularization, both within academic circles and beyond, affirms that its objectives and procedures are unrelated to tasks of cognitive development and that its pertinence is by and large restricted to the lay public. Consistent with this view, popularization is frequently portrayed as a logical and hence inescapable consequence of a culture dominated by science-based products and procedures and by a scientistic ideology. On another level, it is depicted as a quasi-political device for chan nelling the energies of the general public along predetermined paths; examples of this are the nineteenth-century Industrial Revolution and the U. ... Read more
The prevailing view of scientific popularization, both within academic circles and beyond, affirms that its objectives and procedures are unrelated to tasks of cognitive development and that its pertinence is by and large restricted to the lay public. Consistent with this view, popularization is frequently portrayed as a logical and hence inescapable consequence of a culture dominated by science-based products and procedures and by a scientistic ideology. On another level, it is depicted as a quasi-political device for chan nelling the energies of the general public along predetermined paths; examples of this are the nineteenth-century Industrial Revolution and the U. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
Series
Sociology of the Sciences Yearbook
Number of Pages
294
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789027718327
SKU
V9789027718327
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