The visual image of chemistry: Perspectives from the history of art and science

Hyle

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 3-41

  Schummer, Joachim ^a   Spector, Tami I ^b  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aesthetics; History of art; History of science; Public image of chemistry; Visual stereotypes

Indexed keywords

EID: 38049088320     PISSN: 14335158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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