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Particle Panic! - How Popular Media and Popularized Science Feed Public Fears of Particle Accelerator Experiments (Paperback, 1st ed. 2019)
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Particle Panic! - How Popular Media and Popularized Science Feed Public Fears of Particle Accelerator Experiments (Paperback, 1st ed. 2019)
Series: Science and Fiction
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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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