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Author Yardley, Christopher B., author

Title The representation of science and scientists on postage stamps : a science communication study / Christopher B. Yardley
Published Canberra, ACT : Australian National University, [2015]
©2015

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Description 1 online resource (310 pages) : colour illustrations
Contents Why study science on stamps? -- Developing a taxonomic structure -- Classification and analysis -- Stamps as communicators of public policy -- On being first -- Scientists on stamps -- Two time capsules -- Discussion -- Conclusions
Summary "For approaching two centuries, the images on postage stamps have been used to convey messages from the government of the day to the general public. Science has been used to enhance those messages for the past nine decades. In this book, I explore the ways in which science and scientists have been portrayed on stamps and look at the ideas and, in some cases, the propaganda that underpins them."--Page 1
Analysis Australian
Notes Title from title page (viewed on 18 February 2015)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-301)
Notes Selected for archiving ANL
Subject Science on postage stamps.
Postage stamps as propaganda.
Postage stamps -- Social aspects
Postage stamps -- Political aspects
Postage stamp design -- History
Visualization.
Political geography.
Political geography
Postage stamp design
Postage stamps as propaganda
Science on postage stamps
Visualization
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
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