Introducing science through images : cases of visual popularization / Maria E. Gigante.

Author
Gigante, Maria E. [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Columbia, South Carolina : The University of South Carolina Press, [2018]
Description
xiv, 139 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Details

Subject(s)
Series
Studies in rhetoric/communication. [More in this series]
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
  • Introduction : Popular science images and portals
  • Frontispieces : Science's mythic origin story
  • Portraits of scientists at work : the ethos of superiority and exclusion
  • Popular magazine covers : supernatural science sells
  • Portals on the Web : science-art competitions and a celebration of indeterminacy.
ISBN
  • 9781611178746 (hardcover ; : alkaline paper)
  • 1611178746 (hardcover ; : alkaline paper)
LCCN
2017041485
OCLC
1003193320
Other standard number
  • 40028263532
RCP
C - S
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