Scientists in popular culture: The making of celebrities

Routledge Handbook of Public Communication of Science and Technology, Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 83-96

  Fahy, Declan ^a   Lewenstein, Bruce V ^b  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203483794     Document Type: Chapter

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