Science in popular culture

Not to be confused with Popular science.

Science in popular culture is the treatment of scientific themes and issues in popular media such as cinema, music, television and novels.[1] There is a branch of fiction which specialises in such themes — science fiction.[2] In such works, the laws of science are commonly distorted as a form of artistic license.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Daniel Patrick Thurs (2004), Science in popular culture: contested meanings and cultural authority in America, 1832-1994
  2. ↑ Mark Erickson, Science, culture and society: understanding science in the twenty-first century
  3. ↑ A. Bowdoin Van Riper, Science in popular culture: a reference guide
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