Genealogy of Popular Science

Genealogy of Popular Science

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Genealogy of Popular Science

Genealogy of Popular Science

From Ancient Ecphrasis to Virtual Reality

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Despite the efforts of modern scholars to explain the origins of science communication as a social, rhetorical, and aesthetic phenomenon, most researchers approach the popularization of science from the perspective of present issues, thus ignoring its historical roots in classical culture along with its continuities, disruptions, and transformations.

This volume fills this research gap with a genealogically reflected introduction into the popularization of science as a recurrent cultural technique. The category »popular science« is elucidated in interdisciplinary and diachronic dialogue, discussing case studies from all historical periods.

Classicists, archaeologists, medievalists, art historians, sociologists, and historians of science provide the first diachronic and multi-layered approach to the rhetoric techniques, aesthetics, and societal conditions that have shaped the dissemination and reception of scientific knowledge.

ISBN-13
9783837648355
Publisher
transcript
Imprint
transcript
Publication date
24 November 2020
Format
Paperback
Pages
586
Dimensions
240 x 155 mm
Language
English

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