Particle Panic! How Popular Media and Popularized Science Feed Public Fears of Particle Accelerator Experiments /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Larsen, Kristine (Συγγραφέας, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2019.
• Σειρά: Science and Fiction,
• Θέματα: Physics.; Science-Social aspects.; Nuclear physics.; Communication.; Technology.; Popular Science in Physics.; Societal Aspects of Physics, Outreach and Education.; Particle and Nuclear Physics.; Media and Communication.; Popular Science in Technology.

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 hyster...