Science, Bread, and Circuses

Science, Bread, and CircusesIn Science, Bread, and Circuses, Gregory Schrempp brings a folkloristic viewpoint to the topic of popular science, calling attention to the persistence of folkloric form, idiom, and worldview within the increasingly important dimension of popular consciousness defined by the impact of science. Schrempp considers specific examples of texts in which science interpreters employ folkloric tropesmyths, legends, epics, proverbs, spectacles, and a variety of

The chapter concludes by emphasizing the need for rapid

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and toward the contested moral question of what most nourishes our ability to care for our world

children in rural Zambia are presented with diverging social and moral protocols across homes

thereby contributing to the “invention” of the nation

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and argues that the Śaiva philosophy elucidates a cogent way of demonstrating the reality of God against contemporary relativism

Direct energy inputs essential for all food production systems

Two case studies comparing European and US swine production and the adoption of gestation pens to replace gestation stalls are presented demonstrate the application of life cycle assessments (LCA)

Those interested in issues of social stratification and its impact in the educational context will find this a useful and important contribution to the literature in the field

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