LEADER 05500nam 22006614a 450 001 9910784858703321 005 20230207224307.0 010 $a1-281-92840-2 010 $a9786611928407 010 $a981-277-585-4 035 $a(CKB)1000000000403646 035 $a(EBL)1681760 035 $a(OCoLC)879025676 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000230435 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11947218 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000230435 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10196849 035 $a(PQKB)11072460 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1681760 035 $a(WSP)00006636 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1681760 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10255855 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL192840 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000403646 100 $a20080327d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 04$aThe public image of chemistry$b[electronic resource] /$fedited by Joachim Schummer, Bernadette Bensaude-Vincent, Brigitte Van Tiggelen 210 $aSingapore ;$aHackensack, NJ $cWorld Scientific$dc2007 215 $a1 online resource (390 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a981-277-584-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCONTENTS; Introduction Joachim Schummer, Bernadette Bensaude-Vincent & Brigitte Van Tiggelen; Part 1: Popular Images in Fiction and Movies; 1. The Alchemist in Fiction: The Master Narrative Roslynn Haynes; 1. Introduction; 2. The Popular Appeal of Alchemy; 3. The Public Image of Alchemists; 4. Prototypes of the Alchemist in Literature; 4.1 Faust; 4.2 Frankenstein; 5. The Endurance of the Alchemist Stereotype; 6. Terror and Desire; 7. Conclusion; References; 2. Historical Roots of the'Mad Scientist': Chemists in Nineteenth-century Literature Joachim Schummer; 1. Introduction 327 $a2. Preliminary Notes about the Medieval Alchemist in the Literature3. Renewing the Discourse about the True Alchemy in Christian Romanticism; 4. Reinventing the Medieval Alchemists in a Discourse about Chemistry; 5. Chemists against God, I: Materialism and Nihilism; 6. Chemists against God, II: Hubris and the 'Mad Scientist'; 7. Conclusion; References; 3. Chemists and their Craft in Fiction Film Peter Weingart; 1. Introduction.; 2. Popular Myths of Scientific Knowledge; 3. Chemists and Chemistry in Fiction Films - Patterns and Stereotypes; 3.1 Note on methodology; 3.2 Popular disciplines 327 $a3.3 Settings of research3.4 How knowledge is gained; 3.5 Dangerous discovery/invention; 3.6 Chemistry and ethical values; 3.7 Depictions of scientists' characters; 3.8 Scientific misconduct by discipline; 3.9 Utopias and dystopias of science - objects of fictional science; 3.10 Authenticity; 3.11 Preoccupation with the past - alchemy; 4. Conclusions; References; 4. Chemistry and Power in Recent American Fiction Philip Ball; 1. Introduction; 2. Levi's Legacy; 3. Home Truths about Chemistry; 4. Corporate Gain, Public Loss?; 5. Portentous Polymers; References 327 $aPart 2: Self-Images in Chemistry Popularizations5. Popularizing Chemistry: Hands-on and Hands-off David Knight; 1. Introduction*; 2. Who are the Public?; 3. What Used to Happen?; 4. Hands-off to Hands-on?; 5. Publications; 6. Professions, Specialization, and Popularizing; 7. The Unpopularity of Chemistry; 8. Conquering or Worshipping Nature?; References; 6. Liebig or How to Popularize Chemistry Marika Blondel-Me?grelis; 1. Introduction; 2. A Break in Liebig's Trajectory; 3. 1837: The Crucial Year; 4. 1840: The Turning Point; 5. The Instruments of Popularization; 6. Conclusion; References 327 $a7. From Chemistry for the People to the Wonders of Technology: The Popularization of Chemistry in the Netherlands during the Nineteenth Century Ernst Homburg1. Introduction1; 2. Wonders of Nature; 3. Science Popularization in the Eighteenth Century; 4. Half a Century Too Late?; 5. Chemistry for Women, Children, and the Common People; 6. Evening Schools and Sunday Schools; 7. Affordable and Illustrated Books for all Classes; 8. 1845-1865: Period of Flowering and Transition; 9. Mulder and Gunning; 10. Wonders of Technology; 11. Conclusion and Outlook; References 327 $a8. Abraham Cressy Morrison in the Agora: Bringing Chemistry to the Public Andrew Ede 330 $aPopular associations with chemistry range from poisons, hazards, chemical warfare and environmental pollution to alchemical pseudoscience, sorcery and mad scientists, which gravely affect the public image of science in general. While chemists have merely complained about their public image, social and cultural studies of science have largely avoided anything related to chemistry. This book provides, for the first time, an in-depth understanding of the cultural and historical contexts in which the public image of chemistry has emerged. It argues that this image has been shaped through recurri 606 $aChemistry$xSocial aspects 606 $aChemistry$xPublic opinion 615 0$aChemistry$xSocial aspects. 615 0$aChemistry$xPublic opinion. 676 $a540.1 701 $aSchummer$b Joachim$0156019 701 $aBensaude-Vincent$b Bernadette$067827 701 $aTiggelen$b Brigitte van$01562786 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910784858703321 996 $aThe public image of chemistry$93830679 997 $aUNINA