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Particle Panic! How Popular Media and Popularized Science Feed Public Fears of Particle Accelerator Experiments
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Particle Panic! [electronic resource] : How Popular Media and Popularized Science Feed Public Fears of Particle Accelerator Experiments / by Kristine Larsen.
ISBN
9783030122065
Publication
Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
Physical Description
1 online resource (XV, 194 p.) 48 illus., 44 illus. in color.
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Summary
From novels and short stories to television and film, popular media has made a cottage industry of predicting the end of the world will be caused by particle accelerators. Rather than allay such fears, public pronouncements by particle scientists themselves often unwittingly fan the flames of hysteria. This book surveys media depictions of particle accelerator physics and the perceived dangers these experiments pose. In addition, it describes the role of scientists in propagating such fears and misconceptions, offering as a conclusion ways in which the scientific community could successfully allay such misplaced fears through more effective communication strategies. The book is aimed at the general reader interested in separating fact from fiction in the field of high-energy physics, at science educators and communicators, and, last but not least, at all scientists concerned about these issues. About the Author Kristine M Larsen holds a Ph.D. in Physics and is currently a professor at Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT, in the Geological Sciences Department. She has published a number of books, among them The Women Who Popularized Geology in the 19th Century (Springer, 2017), The Mythological Dimensions of Neil Gaiman (eds. Anthony Burdge, Jessica Burke, and Kristine Larsen. Kitsune Press, 2012. Recipient of the Gold Medal for Science Fiction/Fantasy in the 2012 Florida Publishing Association Awards), The Mythological Dimensions of Doctor Who (eds. Anthony Burdge, Jessica Burke, and Kristine Larsen. Kitsune Press, 2010), as well as Stephen Hawking: A Biography (Greenwood Press, 2005) and Cosmology 101 (Greenwood Press, (2007).
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Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 03, 2019
Series
Science and Fiction,
Contents
Introduction: Anti-science Accelerator
A Whirlwind Tour of Particles Physics
Angels or Demons? Stereotypes of Scientists
The End is Nigh - Fundamental Particle Fears
Can You Hear Me Now? Impediments to Science Communication
Searching for Security in an Unsafe World
Pernicious Particles - Subatomic Particles as Villains
Specters in Space-time
Science Communication Redux – Returning to the Collision Point
Conclusion: Breaking the Chain (Reaction)
Appendix: Media Works
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