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Genealogy of Popular Science

From Ancient Ecphrasis to Virtual Reality
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 2020

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Copyright year
2020
ISBN-Print
978-3-8376-4835-5
ISBN-Online
978-3-8394-4835-9
Publisher
transcript, Bielefeld
Series
Wissenschafts- und Technikgeschichte
Volume
1
Language
English
Pages
586
Product type
Edited Book

Table of contents

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  1. FrontmatterPages 1 - 4 Jesús Muñoz Morcillo Download chapter (PDF)
  2. ContentsPages 5 - 8 Jesús Muñoz Morcillo Download chapter (PDF)
  3. List of Figures No access Pages 9 - 12 Jesús Muñoz Morcillo
  4. Preface No access Pages 13 - 20 Jesús Muñoz Morcillo
  5. The Origins of Popular Science as a Rhetorical and Protreptical Practice No access Pages 23 - 64 Jesús Muñoz Morcillo
  6. From Rational Recreation to Fun with Science. Continuities in the History of Science Popularization since the Enlightenment No access Pages 65 - 92 Oliver Hochadel
  7. Mythology and Rhetoric Exercises at the Greek School No access Pages 95 - 114 Mathias Herweg, Marion Gindhart, Elin Manker, María J. Martín-Velasco, Matteo Rossetti, Martin Streicher, Maurice Parussel, Beatrice Immelmann, Dorit Engster, Alexandra Axtmann, Lars F. Köppen, Markus Sehlmeyer, Miira Hill, Courtney Ann Roby, Sara Matías Pérez, Oliver Jehle, Dirk Hommrich, Kathrin Klohs, Lena Trüper, Jose Antonio Fernández Delgado, Erna Fiorentini, Oliver Hochadel
  8. The Panathenaic Prize-Amphorae as Communication Media No access Pages 115 - 130 Martin Streicher
  9. Popular Knowledge and its Rhetorical Use in Aristotle No access Pages 131 - 150 María J. Martín-Velasco
  10. Ékphrasis as a Device for Knowledge Dissemination in Euripides No access Pages 151 - 164 Sara Matías Pérez
  11. Argument Schemes Related to Popular Science in the Second Sophistic No access Pages 165 - 178 Maurice Parussel
  12. Knowledge about the Sea and its Creatures in the Roman Empire No access Pages 179 - 214 Dorit Engster
  13. The Celestial Axis in Manilius'' Astronomica: Making the Invisible Visible No access Pages 215 - 228 Matteo Rossetti
  14. Popular Mechanics: Hero of Alexandria from Antiquity to the Renaissance No access Pages 231 - 254 Courtney Ann Roby
  15. Knowledge Order and Knowledge Popularization in Pre-Modern Encyclopaedism No access Pages 255 - 284 Mathias Herweg
  16. Was Cometen eygentlich seyen.* Ways of Imparting Knowledge about the Nature of Comets in Early Modern Ephemeral Literature No access Pages 285 - 314 Marion Gindhart
  17. More Publicity through Very Short Books. Epitomes in Late Antiquity and the Renaissance No access Pages 315 - 344 Markus Sehlmeyer
  18. Pictorial Science and Enlightenment Art: Joseph Wright, William Pether, and the Cognitive Effect of Grayscales No access Pages 345 - 364 Oliver Jehle
  19. Popularity Despite Anti-Popularization Thinking of Optical Drawing Devices in the Early 19th Century No access Pages 367 - 390 Erna Fiorentini
  20. Wilhelm Lübke. Art History for Feuilletons No access Pages 391 - 406 Alexandra Axtmann
  21. Popular Aesthetics of the 19th Century. Ornamental Prints and Pattern Sheets as Actors for Popularization During the 1870s No access Pages 407 - 424 Elin Manker
  22. Wassily Kandinsky''s Conception of a Vibration of the Soul: Art Theory at the Crossroads of Esoteric Literature, Popular Science, and Aesthetics No access Pages 425 - 440 Beatrice Immelmann
  23. Visual Nature Metaphors of Cybernetics in Popular Science and the Arts No access Pages 441 - 460 Lena Trüper
  24. From "The Destroyer of Worlds" to "Atoms for Peace" (and Back?). The Discourse on Nuclear Power in US Popular Science Magazines during the Early Cold War Era No access Pages 461 - 476 Lars F. Köppen
  25. Iconophilia of the Brain, Stage 3? An Epistemic Regime, the Popular Science Magazine Gehirn & Geist, and Visual Culture No access Pages 477 - 496 Dirk Hommrich
  26. Watch and Learn! Image-Based Popularization of Academic Reasoning and Scientific Action in Fictional Movies and Comics No access Pages 497 - 516 Kathrin Klohs
  27. Innovative Popular Science Communication? Materiality, Aesthetics, and Gender in Science Slams No access Pages 517 - 544 Miira Hill
  28. On Honey, VR Goggles, and Real Medicine No access Pages 547 - 552 Jesús Muñoz Morcillo
  29. About the Authors No access Pages 553 - 558 Jesús Muñoz Morcillo
  30. Index of Names and Terms No access Pages 559 - 586 Jesús Muñoz Morcillo

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