Science Images and Popular Images of the

What is a popular image of science and where does it come from? Little is known about the formation of science images and their transformation into popular images of science. In this anthology, contributions from two areas of expertise: image theory and history and sociology of the sciences explore techniques of constructing science images and transforming them into highly ambivalent images that represent the sciences. The essays, most of them with illustrations, present evidence that popular images of the sciences are based upon abstract theories rather than facts, and, equally, images of scientists are stimulated by imagination rather than historical knowledge.

Figures and Tables	p. ix
Popularizing Science Images: Introduction	p. 1
Images in and of Science	p. 3
Science Images between Scientific Fields and the Public Sphere: A Historiographical Survey	p. 33
Towards a Science of Images	p. 53
Image Science	p. 55
Popular Images versus Self-Images of Science: Visual Representations of Science in Clipart Cartoons and Internet Photographs	p. 69
Science Images	p. 97
The Frog's Two Bodies: The Frog in Science Images	p. 99
Science from Hell: Jack the Ripper and Victorian Vivisection	p. 125
The Scientist as Personality: Elaborating a Science of Intimacy in the Nadar/Chevreul Interview (1886)	p. 159
Visual Arguments: The Role of Images in Sciences and Mathematics	p. 181
Imagination, Multimodality and Embodied Interaction: A Discussion of Sound and Movement in Two Cases of Laboratory and Clinical Magnetic Resonance Imaging	p. 199
Science Images and Contemporary Art	p. 225
Neuroscience and Contemporary Art: An Interview	p. 227
Images of Science	p. 239
Women Scientists in Mainstream Film: Social Role Models-A Contribution to the Public Understanding of Science from the Perspective of Film Sociology	p. 241
Stereotypes and Images of Scientists in Fiction Films	p. 257
The Ambivalence towards New Knowledge: Science in Fiction Film	p. 267
Unforgettable? Science, Prosthetic Memory, Film	p. 283
The Self-Referential Scientist: Narrative, Media, and Metamorphosis in Cronenberg's The Fly	p. 301
Contributors	p. 323
Index	p. 329
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