Schrempp Gregory (106 results)

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Paperback. Condition: New. We often assume that science and myth stand in opposition-with science providing empirically supported truths that replace the false ideas found in traditional mythologies. But the rhetoric of contemporary popular science and related genres tells a different story about what contemporary readers really want from science. In The Science of Myths and Vice Versa, Gregory Schrempp offers four provocative vignettes that bring copious amounts of research on both traditional and modern mythologies to bear on the topic of science in contemporary popular culture. Schrempp shows how writers such as Malcolm Gladwell and Michael Pollan successfully fuse science and myth to offer compelling narratives about how we can improve our understanding of ourselves and our world. The most effective science writers, he finds, are those who make use of the themes and motifs of folklore to increase the appeal of their work. Schrempp's understanding of science and myth as operating not in opposition but in reciprocal relation offers an essential corrective to contemporary mischaracterizations.…

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Condition: New. Num Pages: 62 pages. BIC Classification: JFHF; PDZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 178 x 115 x 5. Weight in Grams: 78. . 2016. Paperback. . . . .

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Condition: New. Num Pages: 62 pages. BIC Classification: JFHF; PDZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 178 x 115 x 5. Weight in Grams: 78. . 2016. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 217pp., xviii. '1' in number line. Foreword by Marshall Sahlins. Notes, pp.195-205; Works Cited, pp. 207-211 ; Index, pp. 213-217. Glossy purple wrappers with front cover magenta title lettering and design elements, author name and subtitle lettering in white; single, short pencil-ink line on p. 54; two similar lines on p. 57, else clean text; miniscule tips of wear at lower right spine corner and top right front cover corner; miniscule curls at top corners: describes much worse than it is. Tight binding; no previous owner names. Text essentially clean. Flatsigned by author on title page below his printed name. Flatsigned by Author.…

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Condition: FINE. 2012. Cloth hardcover. Dust jacket now in clear plastic BRODART protector. 300pp. Index. FINE.