Introduction : Centaurs and scientists -- Mythologizing matter : on myth, popular science, and the problem of centric knowledge -- It had to be you! Fire without Prometheus -- 3. Randomness and life : sobering lessons from the drunkard's walk -- Copernican kinship : an origin myth for the category -- 5. Descartes descending or the last homunculus : introversive anthropomorphizing in popular science writing -- Once more, with feeling! The view from the moon and the return of the Copernican revolution -- Conclusion : Paradise lost, paradise regained : how scientists save myth
Summary
Examining the nature of myth-making and its surprising appearance in popular science writing
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-291) and index
