Description: Further DetailsTitle: The New Formula For CoolCondition: NewEAN: 9783837630923ISBN: 9783837630923Publisher: Transcript VerlagFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 08/27/2015Item Height: 23mmItem Length: 15mmAuthor: Judith KohlenbergerLanguage: EnglishSubtitle: Science, Technology, and the Popular in the American ImaginationDescription: »Our society has undergone a paradigm shift. In the information age, you and I are the alpha males,« Dr Leonard Hofstadter, experimental physicist and protagonist of the hit sitcom »The Big Bang Theory«, assures himself and his fellow scientists. The success of this and similar formats in American popular culture proves his point: Science has finally discovered the formula for cool.This interdisciplinary study examines how »cool«, a key aesthetic and affective category in the American imagination, informs contemporary representations of technoscience. Analyzing selected audiovisual productions, Judith Kohlenberger sheds light on current processes of interaction between science and popular culture, two pivotal sources for change in post-industrial America.Country/Region of Manufacture: DEItem Width: 2mmItem Weight: 992gGenre: Society & CultureBook Series: American Culture StudiesTopic: Science Nature & MathRelease Year: 2015 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: The New Formula For Cool
Title: The New Formula For Cool
EAN: 9783837630923
ISBN: 9783837630923
Release Date: 08/27/2015
Release Year: 2015
Subtitle: Science, Technology, and the Popular in the American Imagination
Country/Region of Manufacture: DE
Genre: Society & Culture
Topic: Science Nature & Math
Number of Pages: 346 Pages
Publication Name: New Formula for Cool : Science, Technology, and the Popular in the American Imagination
Language: English
Publisher: Transcript Verlag
Subject: Philosophy & Social Aspects, Popular Culture
Publication Year: 2016
Item Height: 0.1 in
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 15.6 Oz
Author: Judith Kohlenberger
Subject Area: Social Science, Science
Item Length: 0.9 in
Item Width: 0.6 in
Series: American Culture Studies
Format: Trade Paperback
