Jose G. Perillan (Assistant Professor of Physics and Assistant STS

Gebundenes Buch

Science Between Myth and History

The Quest for Common Ground and Its Importance for Scientific Practice

Beschreibung

Science Between Myth and History explores scientific storytelling and its implications on the teaching, practice, and public perception of science. In communicating their science, scientists tend to use historical narratives for important rhetorical purposes. This text explores the implications of doing this.

Autor

José G. Perillán received a joint doctorate in Physics and History from the University of Rochester in 2011. Currently, he is Assistant Professor at Vassar College (Poughkeepsie, NY), holding a joint appointment in the Physics and Astronomy Department and the Multidisciplinary Program on Science, Technology, and Society. The present book on Myth-History emerges from the author's experience teaching undergraduate courses in physics, history of science, and science, technology, & society. In preparing his varied courses, Perillán moves fluidly among frameworks and modalities. He has harnessed the adaptability and empathy necessary for this relentless pivoting to carve out a common ground from which to reflexively engage the scientific past.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 366
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. August 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 221mm x 147mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 624g
• ISBN-13: 9780198864967
• ISBN-10: 0198864965
• Artikelnr.: 61600828