Science In Wonderland
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Author |
: Melanie Keene |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages |
: 250 |
Release |
: 2015 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780199662654 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0199662657 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (54 Downloads) |
Synopsis Science in Wonderland by : Melanie Keene
Presents a new perspective on Victorian scientific discoveries and inventions; includes a range of Victorian scientific fairy-tales and stories; looks at why fairies and their tales were chosen as an appropriate new form for capturing and presenting scientific and technological knowledge to young audiences; examines a range of scientific subjects, from palaeontology to entomology to astronomy.--Provided by publisher.
Author |
: Melanie Keene |
Publisher |
: OUP Oxford |
Total Pages |
: 196 |
Release |
: 2015-03-26 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780191639647 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0191639648 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (47 Downloads) |
Synopsis Science in Wonderland by : Melanie Keene
In Victorian Britain an array of writers captured the excitement of new scientific discoveries, and enticed young readers and listeners into learning their secrets, by converting introductory explanations into quirky, charming, and imaginative fairy-tales; forces could be fairies, dinosaurs could be dragons, and looking closely at a drop of water revealed a soup of monsters. Science in Wonderland explores how these stories were presented and read. Melanie Keene introduces and analyses a range of Victorian scientific fairy-tales, from nursery classics such as The Water-Babies to the little-known Wonderland of Evolution, or the story of insect lecturer Fairy Know-a-Bit. In exploring the ways in which authors and translators - from Hans Christian Andersen and Edith Nesbit to the pseudonymous 'A.L.O.E.' and 'Acheta Domestica' - reconciled the differing demands of factual accuracy and fantastical narratives, Keene asks why the fairies and their tales were chosen as an appropriate new form for capturing and presenting scientific and technological knowledge to young audiences. Such stories, she argues, were an important way in which authors and audiences criticised, communicated, and celebrated contemporary scientific ideas, practices, and objects.
Author |
: Monika Schmitz-Emans |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: |
Release |
: 2012 |
ISBN-10 |
: OCLC:953307205 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (05 Downloads) |
Synopsis Science in Wonderland by : Monika Schmitz-Emans
Author |
: Melanie Keene |
Publisher |
: OUP Oxford |
Total Pages |
: 250 |
Release |
: 2015-03-26 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780191639630 |
ISBN-13 |
: 019163963X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (30 Downloads) |
Synopsis Science in Wonderland by : Melanie Keene
In Victorian Britain an array of writers captured the excitement of new scientific discoveries, and enticed young readers and listeners into learning their secrets, by converting introductory explanations into quirky, charming, and imaginative fairy-tales; forces could be fairies, dinosaurs could be dragons, and looking closely at a drop of water revealed a soup of monsters. Science in Wonderland explores how these stories were presented and read. Melanie Keene introduces and analyses a range of Victorian scientific fairy-tales, from nursery classics such as The Water-Babies to the little-known Wonderland of Evolution, or the story of insect lecturer Fairy Know-a-Bit. In exploring the ways in which authors and translators - from Hans Christian Andersen and Edith Nesbit to the pseudonymous 'A.L.O.E.' and 'Acheta Domestica' - reconciled the differing demands of factual accuracy and fantastical narratives, Keene asks why the fairies and their tales were chosen as an appropriate new form for capturing and presenting scientific and technological knowledge to young audiences. Such stories, she argues, were an important way in which authors and audiences criticised, communicated, and celebrated contemporary scientific ideas, practices, and objects.
Author |
: Archibald Montgomery Low |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: |
Release |
: 1935 |
ISBN-10 |
: OCLC:314663908 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (08 Downloads) |
Synopsis Science in wonderland by : Archibald Montgomery Low
Author |
: John Clement Sanford |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 204 |
Release |
: 1945 |
ISBN-10 |
: OCLC:156182038 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (38 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Wonderland of Science by : John Clement Sanford
Author |
: Willem B. Drees |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 177 |
Release |
: 2009-09-10 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781135275129 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1135275122 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (29 Downloads) |
Synopsis Religion and Science in Context by : Willem B. Drees
How should we think about religion, science, and their relationship in modern society? Some religious groups oppose evolution; some atheists claim science is on their side. Others reconcile their beliefs with science, or consider science and faith to deal with fundamentally different aspects of human life. What indeed is religion: belief or trust in God’s existence? How do we distinguish sense from superstition? What does science have to say on such issues? Willem B. Drees considers contemporary discussions of these issues in Europe and North America, using examples from Christianity and religious naturalism, and reflections on Islam and Tibetan Buddhism. He argues that the scientific understanding leaves open certain ultimate questions, and thus allows for belief in a creator, but also for religious naturalism or serious agnosticism. By analysing the place of values in a world of facts, and the quest for meaningful stories in a material world, Religion and Science in Context offers an original and self-critical analysis of the field, its assumptions and functions, and ends with a vision of its possible future.
Author |
: Marc Rothenberg |
Publisher |
: Taylor & Francis |
Total Pages |
: 637 |
Release |
: 2001 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780815307624 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0815307624 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (24 Downloads) |
Synopsis The History of Science in the United States by : Marc Rothenberg
Annotation This Encyclopedia examines all aspects of the history of science in the United States with a special emphasis placed on the historiography of science in America. Contains more than 500 entries written by experts in the field.
Author |
: Archibald Montgomery LOW |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 262 |
Release |
: 1935 |
ISBN-10 |
: OCLC:560830131 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (31 Downloads) |
Synopsis Science in Wonderland ... Illustrations by Gilbert Dunlop by : Archibald Montgomery LOW
Author |
: Albert Leverett Gridley |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 232 |
Release |
: 1913 |
ISBN-10 |
: STANFORD:36105019819676 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (76 Downloads) |
Synopsis The First Chapter of Genesis as the Rock Foundation for Science and Religion by : Albert Leverett Gridley