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SCIENCE AND FICTION PARTICLE PANIC! - KRISTIN...

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 surveys media depictions of particle accelerator physics and the
perceived dangers these experiments pose. In addition  it describes the role of scientists in
propagating such fears and misconceptions  offering as a conclusion ways in which the
scientific community could successfully allay such misplaced fears through more effective
communication strategies. The book is aimed at the general reader interested in separating fact
from fiction in the field of high-energy physics  at science educators and communicators  and 
last but not least  at all scientists concerned about these issues. About the Author Kristine M
Larsen holds a Ph.D. in Physics and is currently a professor at Central Connecticut State
University  New Britain  CT  in the Geological Sciences Department. She has published a number
of books  among them The Women Who Popularized Geology in the 19th Century (Springer  2017) 
The Mythological Dimensions of Neil Gaiman (eds. Anthony Burdge  Jessica Burke  and Kristine
Larsen. Kitsune Press  2012. Recipient of the Gold Medal for Science Fiction Fantasy in the
2012 Florida Publishing Association Awards)  The Mythological Dimensions of Doctor Who (eds.
Anthony Burdge  Jessica Burke  and Kristine Larsen. Kitsune Press  2010)  as well as Stephen
Hawking: A Biography (Greenwood Press  2005) and Cosmology 101 (Greenwood Press  (2007).

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