TY  - BOOK
AU  - B. Yardley, Christopher
AB  - The Representation of Science and Scientists on Postage Stamps examines how the postal authorities of the world have developed unique techniques to portray science and scientists in order to convey a message behind the stamp issue. It is a multi-disciplinary examination that investigates visual representation, semiotics, science, science history and politics, amongst other issues. The author introduces and describes a technique for looking at how and why images may have been chosen. Is the image a mirror reflecting a known reality or is it a lens to challenge, to prompt further thought or action? He also hypothesises that the Internet created a real change to science communication, influencing the way images of science were used. The stamp message changed from that of pursuing a public understanding approach to an awareness of science with its increasing contextual content.
DO  - 10.26530/OAPEN_569090
ID  - OAPEN ID: 569090
ID  - OAPEN ID: OCN: 945782997
KW  - history
KW  - science
KW  - art
KW  - stamps
KW  - scientists
KW  - communication
KW  - China
KW  - New Zealand
KW  - Postage stamp
KW  - Russia
KW  - United States
L1  - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/id/a81c6374-830e-4b38-bc35-d216c39a2f82/569090.pdf
LA  - English
LK  - http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/33142
PB  - ANU Press
PY  - 2015
SN  - 9781925021783
TI  - The Representation of Science and Scientists on Stampsnull
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