Conjuring Science. Scientific Symbols and Cultural Meanings in American Life. - TOUMEY, CHRISTOPHER P.
scientific symbols and cultural meanings in American life
KORTE INHOUD
In witty, readable prose, Toumey investigates these questions by presenting five episodes of science in American life: the fluoridation controversies; the 1986 California referendum on AIDS/HIV policy; the cold fusion controversy; the anti-evolution of creationism; and the mad- scientist stories of fiction and film.
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1996Uitgever: Rutgers University Press197 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 0813522854ISBN-13: 9780813522852Koop dit boek tweedehands
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Original publisher's paperback, pictorial frontcover, large 8vo: x, 197pp., [3]pp. Very fine copy. New Brunswick, Rutgers University Press 1996 [Auteur: TOUMEY, CHRISTOPHER P.] [Jaar: 1996] [Titel: Conjuring Science. Scientific Symbols and Cultural Meanings in American Life.]
