Popular images versus self-images of science: Visual representations of science in clipart cartoons and internet photographs

Science Images and Popular Images of the Sciences

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 69-96

  Schummer, Joachim ^a   Spector, Tami I ^b  

^a University of Darmstadt   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

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EID: 84925748589     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203939154     Document Type: Chapter

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