Sökning: "science popularisation"

Hittade 5 avhandlingar innehållade orden science popularisation.

1. 1. Unleashing Science Popularisation: Studies on Science as Popular Culture

   Författare :Andreas Gunnarsson; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; science popularisation; popular culture; public understanding of science; science and the media;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis aims to broaden the concept of science popularisation. It argues that the conventional view of popularisation as the public communication of appropriately simplified versions of established facts to lay audiences fails to capture the multifaceted nature of popularisation practices through which science and popular culture are recombined. LÄS MER

3. 2. Den torgförda biologin. Studier i populärvetenskapens problem och tematik : Biology in the agora. Studies on problems and themes in popular science

   Författare :Kaj Johansson; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; popular science; popular knowledge; popular biology; popularisation; Ludwik Fleck; history of science; history of biology; thought collective; thought style;

   Sammanfattning : The chief aim in this work is to demonstrate the fruitfulness of Ludwik Fleck’s philosophy of science for stimulating a number of new viewpoints in the study of popular science and popularisation from the vantage point of history of ideas and science. Taking its point of departure in the question, ”What is popular science?”, the present work articulates a comprehensive theoretical framework for addressing problems regarding the place of popular science and its multiple functions, as well as necessary preconditions needed for popularisation. LÄS MER

4. 3. Att inventera ett folk. Populariseringar av vetenskaplig släktforskning i Sverige i början av 1900-talet

   Författare :Britas Benjamin Eriksson; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Genealogi; Historia; Rasbiologi; Medborgarforskning; Genealogy; Race-Biology; Field-networks; Field-science; Amateur family-researchers; The Nordic thought; The Nordic race; Scientific genealogy; Scientific racism; Jeremy Vetter; Ottokar Lorenz; Christian conservatism; ; Sverige;

   Sammanfattning : This licentiate-thesis aims to describe and analyse the popularisation of what was called “scientific genealogy” in Sweden during the early 20th century. The study is constructed around two case-studies where I describe and analyse two different attempts to popularise “scientific genealogy” amongst Swedish amateur family-researchers, a knowledge-practise first formulated by the Historian Ottokar Lorenz in 1898. LÄS MER

5. 4. Organic Electrode Battery Materials : A Journey from Quantum Mechanics to Artificial Intelligence

   Författare :Rodrigo P. Carvalho; Moyses Araujo; Daniel Brandell; Susanne Mirbt; Wolfgang Wenzel; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Batteries; Artificial Intelligence; Organic electrodes; High-voltage cathode materials; Machine learning; Materials discovery; High throughput screening; Physics with spec. in Atomic; Molecular and Condensed Matter Physics; Fysik med inriktning mot atom- molekyl- och kondenserande materiens fysik;

   Sammanfattning : Batteries have become an irreplaceable technology in human life as society becomes progressively more dependent on electricity. The demand for novel battery technologies has increased fast, especially with the popularisation of different portable devices. LÄS MER

7. 5. Towards feminist health empowerment for self-testing apps : testing for dementia

   Författare :Alexandra Kapeller; Jelmer Brüggemann; Lisa Guntram; Kristin Zeiler; Federica Lucivero; Linköpings universitet; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Self-testing apps; MHealth; Empowerment; Phenomenology; Dementia; Självtest-appar; Mobilhälsa; Empowerment; Fenomenologi; Demens;

   Sammanfattning : Health empowerment, the idea to enable people to assume more control over their health decisions, has been a buzzword in health care organisation and has recently received even more attention through the popularisation of mobile health (mHealth) apps. One form of mHealth are self-testing apps, which offer users to test themselves for medical conditions as severe as dementia and Parkinson’s disease. LÄS MER