Can Science Be Witty? Science Communication Between Critique and Cabaret
Can Science Be Witty? takes a close look at an element of modern science communication that is as innovative as it is promising for the future: comedy! Readers are guided through lucidly presented academic theory as well as exciting hands-on and best-practice examples from renowned practitioners and...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin, Heidelberg
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
2023, 2023
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2023 |
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Foreword
- 1 Getting started
- 2 Science slam about sheep's cheese and car tyres
- 3 Laughter tears down walls
- 4 "Die Anstalt" as an example of criticism, satire and humour in science communication
- 5 A love song
- 6 The paradigm disease: An almost incurable scientific epidemic.7 Scientists, magicians and charlatans - How magic creates knowledge.8 Searching for humour in the Deutsches Museum - An exploration.9 From Big Bang to Big Van.10 If a dalmatian comes to the cash desk.11 Derblecken bei acatech - A humorous joke at acatech. 11 Derblecken bei acatech
- 12 Wit and lightness in science - the international perspective
- 13 "You don't understand science anyway!"- 14 Distance, please!- 15 Serving suggestion for the Holy Spirit
- 16 Dictatorship of stupidity
- 17Anecdotes from my physics lessons
- 18 Humour in knowledge transfer - Academic basics with workshop report
- 19 Georg Christoph Lichtenberg: An early pioneer of funny science
- 20 Can the Anthropocene be funny? A science comic
- 21 Science cabaret: a script
- 22 Done. Now what?!