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Examining the nature of myth-making and its surprising appearance in popular science writing

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"This audience for this book is anyone who loves to get lost in a book, or anyone who likes casting a satisfied 'yes' as he considers the myths we live by as well as the new-old myths currently in the making. This is a book that respects its audience, and never preaches." Michael Olmert, University of Maryland "[The Ancient Mythology of Modern Science] is a brave, ambitious, and admirable work of scholarship. It has enthralled, perplexed, piqued, entertained, and instructed me in turn. It will appeal to folklorists, anthropologists, ethnologists, readers of cul

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    Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
    Publication Date: 3/9/2012 12:00:00 AM
    ISBN13: 9780773539891, 978-0773539891
    ISBN10: 0773539891
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    Description

    Book Synopsis
    Examining the nature of myth-making and its surprising appearance in popular science writing

    Trade Review
    "This audience for this book is anyone who loves to get lost in a book, or anyone who likes casting a satisfied 'yes' as he considers the myths we live by as well as the new-old myths currently in the making. This is a book that respects its audience, and never preaches." Michael Olmert, University of Maryland "[The Ancient Mythology of Modern Science] is a brave, ambitious, and admirable work of scholarship. It has enthralled, perplexed, piqued, entertained, and instructed me in turn. It will appeal to folklorists, anthropologists, ethnologists, readers of cul

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