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The New Celebrity Scientists
Out of the Lab and into the Limelight
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2015
Summary
A new cultural icon strode the world stage at the turn of the twenty-first century: the celebrity scientist, as comfortable in Vanity Fair and Vogue as Smithsonian. Declan Fahy profiles eight of these eloquent, controversial, and compelling sellers of science to investigate how they achieved celebrity in the United States and internationally—and explores how their ideas influence our understanding of the world.
Fahy traces the career trajectories of Richard Dawkins, Stephen Hawking, Steven Pinker, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Brian Greene, Stephen Jay Gould, Susan Greenfield, and James Lovelock. He demonstrates how each scientist embraced the power of promotion and popularization to stimulate thinking, impact policy, influence research, drive controversies, and mobilize social movements. He also considers critical claims that they speak beyond their expertise and for personal gain. The result is a fascinating look into how celebrity scientists help determine what it means to be human, the nature of reality, and how to prepare for society’s uncertain future.
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Copyright year
2015
ISBN-Print
978-1-4422-3342-3
ISBN-Online
978-1-4422-3343-0
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
288
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Acknowledgments No access
Chapter 1. A Brief History of Scientific Celebrity No access Pages 1 - 18
Chapter 2. The Paradoxical Fame of Stephen Hawking No access Pages 19 - 40
Chapter 3. Richard Dawkins’s Image Problem No access Pages 41 - 64
Chapter 4. Steven Pinker’s Academic Stardom No access Pages 65 - 86
Chapter 5. The Political Celebrity of Stephen Jay Gould No access Pages 87 - 110
Chapter 6. Fame and the Female Scientist: Susan Greenfield No access Pages 111 - 134
Chapter 7. The Reluctant Fame of James Lovelock No access Pages 135 - 156
Chapter 8. The Charming Stardom of Brian Greene No access Pages 157 - 178
Chapter 9. Neil deGrasse Tyson’s Star Quality No access Pages 179 - 202
Chapter 10. A New Scientific Elite No access Pages 203 - 220
