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Title The public image of chemistry / edited by Joachim Schummer, Bernadette Bensaude-Vincent, Brigitte Van Tiggelen
Published Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific, ©2007

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Description 1 online resource (vi, 383 pages) : illustrations
Contents pt. 1. Popular images in fiction and movies. The alchemist in fiction: the master narrative / Roslynn Haynes -- Historical roots of the 'mad scientist': chemists in nineteenth-century literature / Joachim Schummer -- Chemists and their craft in fiction film / Peter Weingart -- Chemistry and power in recent American fiction / Philip Ball. pt. 2. Self-images in chemistry popularizations. Popularizing chemistry: hands-on and hands-off / David Knight -- Liebig or how to popularize chemistry / Marika Blondel-Mégrelis -- From chemistry for the people to the wonders of technology: the popularization of chemistry in the Netherlands during the nineteenth century / Ernst Homburg -- Abraham Cressy Morrison in the agora: bringing chemistry to the public / Andrew Ede -- The visual image of chemistry: perspectives from the history of art and science / Joachim Schummer & Tami I. Spector. pt. 3. Mediated images. Taking science to the marketplace: examples of Science Service's presentation of chemistry during the 1930s / Marcel C. LaFollette -- The image of chemistry presented by the Science Museum, London in the twentieth century: an international perspective / Peter J.T. Morris -- On the self-image of chemists, 1950-2000 / Pierre Laszlo
Summary Stem cells have the ability to differentiate into cells that are found throughout the body. This fundamental property of stem cells suggests that they can potentially be used to replace degenerative cells within the body, and regenerate the functional capacity of organ systems that have deteriorated because of disease or aging. This authoritative textbook provides an overview of the latest advances in the field of stem cell biology, spanning topics that include nuclear reprogramming, somatic cell cloning, and determinants of cell fate; embryonic stem cells for hematopoietic and pancreatic repair; adult stem cells for cardiovascular, neural, renal, and hepatic repair; and manufacturing of stem cells for clinical use
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Chemistry -- Social aspects
Chemistry -- Public opinion
SCIENCE -- Chemistry -- General.
Chemistry -- Social aspects
Form Electronic book
Author Schummer, Joachim.
Bensaude-Vincent, Bernadette.
Van Tiggelen, Brigitte, 1962-
LC no. 2008272751
ISBN 9789812775856
9812775854
1281928402
9781281928405