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Conjuring Science – Scientific Symbols and Cultural Meanings in American Life
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Conjuring Science – Scientific Symbols and Cultural Meanings in American Life Paperback - 1996

by Christopher P. Toumey

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Llewellyn Publications, 1996. Paperback. New. 197 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.75 inches.
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  • Title Conjuring Science – Scientific Symbols and Cultural Meanings in American Life
  • Author Christopher P. Toumey
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Edition Unstated
  • Condition New
  • Pages 214
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Llewellyn Publications, USA
  • Date 1996
  • Bookseller's Inventory # x-0813522854
  • ISBN 9780813522852 / 0813522854
  • Weight 0.72 lbs (0.33 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.95 x 6.01 x 0.65 in (22.73 x 15.27 x 1.65 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Ethnology - United States, Symbolism
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 95-43282
  • Dewey Decimal Code 306

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From the rear cover

Toumey argues that instead of comprehending scientific knowledge, methods, or standards, most Americans know science only in terms of symbols that stand for science and that stand between people and scientific understanding.

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About the author

CHRISTOPHER P. TOUMEY is the author of God's Own Scientists: Creationists in a Secular World (Rutgers University Press). His essays on the cultural meanings of science have appeared in Natural History, Social Studies of Science, and many other journals.