Kristine Larsen: 3 books

Book cover of Particle Panic!

Particle Panic!

How Popular Media and Popularized Science Feed Public Fears of Particle Accelerator Experiments

by Kristine Larsen
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2019

From novels and short stories to television and film, popular media has made a cottage industry of predicting the end of the world will be caused by particle accelerators. Rather than allay such fears, public pronouncements by particle scientists themselves often unwittingly fan the flames of hysteria. This...
Book cover of The Women Who Popularized Geology in the 19th Century
by Kristine Larsen
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2017

The female authors highlighted in this monograph represent a special breed of science writer, women who not only synthesized the science of their day (often drawing upon their own direct experience in the laboratory, field, classroom, and/or public lecture hall), but used their works to simultaneously...
Book cover of Writing in Online Courses

Writing in Online Courses

How the Online Environment Shapes Writing Practices

by Chris Anson, Patricia Webb Boyd, Andy Buchenot
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2018

For scholars interested in the intersection of writing and online instruction, Writing in Online Courses: How the Online Environment Shapes Writing and Practice examines both the theoretical and practical implications of writing in online courses. The essays in this collection reflect upon what the...
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