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Record Nr.

UNINA9910140156703321

Autore

Yardley Christopher B.

Titolo

The representation of science and scientists on postage stamps : a science communication study / / Christopher B. Yardley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

ANU Press, 2015

Canberra, Australia : , : ANU Press, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-925021-80-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (310 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

769.56

Soggetti

Postage stamp design - History

Postage stamps - Social aspects

Postage stamps as propaganda

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Sommario/riassunto

"For approaching two centuries, the images on postage stamps have been used to convey messages from the government of the day to the general public. Science has been used to enhance those messages for the past nine decades. In this book, I explore the ways in which science and scientists have been portrayed on stamps and look at the ideas and, in some cases, the propaganda that underpins them." -- page 1.