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245 04 a| The public image of chemistry /c| edited by Joachim Schummer, Bernadette Bensaude-Vincent, Brigitte Van Tiggelen.;

300 a| vi, 383 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 24 cm;

336 a| text2| rdacontent;

337 a| unmediated2| rdamedia;

338 a| volume2| rdacarrier;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

505 0 a| Pt. 1. Popular images in fiction and movies. The alchemist in fiction: the master narrative / Roslynn Haynes -- Historical roots of the 'mad scientist': chemists in nineteenth-century literature / Joachim Schummer -- Chemists and their craft in fiction film / Peter Weingart -- Chemistry and power in recent American fiction / Philip Ball. Pt. 2. Self-images in chemistry popularizations. Popularizing chemistry: hands-on and hands-off / David Knight -- Liebig or how to popularize chemistry / Marika Blondel-Mégrelis -- From chemistry for the people to the wonders of technology: the popularization of chemistry in the Netherlands during the nineteenth century / Ernst Homburg -- Abraham Cressy Morrison in the agora: bringing chemistry to the public / Andrew Ede -- The visual image of chemistry: perspectives from the history of art and science / Joachim Schummer & Tami I. Spector. Pt. 3. Mediated images. Taking science to the marketplace: examples of Science Service's presentation of chemistry during the 1930s / Marcel C. LaFollette -- The image of chemistry presented by the Science Museum, London in the twentieth century: an international perspective / Peter J.T. Morris -- On the self-image of chemists, 1950-2000 / Pierre Laszlo.;

650 0 a| Chemistryx| Social aspects.=| ^A2479;

650 0 a| Chemistryx| Public opinion.=| ^A2479;

700 1 a| Schummer, Joachim.=| ^A716168;

700 1 a| Bensaude-Vincent, Bernadette.=| ^A386491;

700 1 a| Van Tiggelen, Brigitte,d| 1962-=| ^A773265;

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The public image of chemistry / edited by Joachim Schummer, Bernadette Bensaude-Vincent, Brigitte Van Tiggelen.

Other author	Schummer, Joachim.
Other author	Bensaude-Vincent, Bernadette.
Other author	Van Tiggelen, Brigitte, 1962-
Format	Book
Publication Info	Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific, ©2007.
Description	vi, 383 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects	Chemistry--Social aspects. Chemistry--Public opinion.

Contents	Pt. 1. Popular images in fiction and movies. The alchemist in fiction: the master narrative / Roslynn Haynes -- Historical roots of the 'mad scientist': chemists in nineteenth-century literature / Joachim Schummer -- Chemists and their craft in fiction film / Peter Weingart -- Chemistry and power in recent American fiction / Philip Ball. Pt. 2. Self-images in chemistry popularizations. Popularizing chemistry: hands-on and hands-off / David Knight -- Liebig or how to popularize chemistry / Marika Blondel-Mégrelis -- From chemistry for the people to the wonders of technology: the popularization of chemistry in the Netherlands during the nineteenth century / Ernst Homburg -- Abraham Cressy Morrison in the agora: bringing chemistry to the public / Andrew Ede -- The visual image of chemistry: perspectives from the history of art and science / Joachim Schummer & Tami I. Spector. Pt. 3. Mediated images. Taking science to the marketplace: examples of Science Service's presentation of chemistry during the 1930s / Marcel C. LaFollette -- The image of chemistry presented by the Science Museum, London in the twentieth century: an international perspective / Peter J.T. Morris -- On the self-image of chemists, 1950-2000 / Pierre Laszlo.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN	2008272751
ISBN	9789812775849
ISBN	9812775846

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