This work offers a wide-ranging examination of how scientists have been portrayed in American culture. From the earliest depictions of Benjamin Franklin and his kite experiment to twenty-first-century renderings of mad scientists, representations of American scientists in the popular media reveal much about our cultural hopes and fears. In an entertaining and insightful survey of popular media over three hundred years of American history - religious tracts, political cartoons, literature, theater, advertising, art, comic books, radio, music, television, and film - Glen Scott Allen examines...
This work offers a wide-ranging examination of how scientists have been portrayed in American culture. From the earliest depictions of Benjamin Frankl...
