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Can Science Be Witty?: Science Communication Between Critique and Cabaret
Can Science Be Witty?: Science Communication Between Critique and Cabaret
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Can science be funny? explores the use of comedy in science communication, featuring academic theory, hands-on examples, and cabaret artists. It shows how laughter can break down walls, create knowledge, and be found in museums. The book also offers practical tips for using humor in communication, such as serving suggestions for the Holy Spirit and the dictatorship of stupidity.
Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 244 pages
Publication date: 02 February 2023
Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Can science be funny? delves into an innovative and promising aspect of modern science communication: comedy! Readers are taken on a captivating journey, exploring vividly presented academic theory alongside exciting hands-on and best practice examples from renowned practitioners and cabaret artists.
- What do sheep's cheese and car tires have in common?
- Can laughter break down walls?
- How does Die Anstalt work?
- How does magic create knowledge?
- Is there humor in museums?
- When a Dalmatian comes to the cash register
- Three steps to humor
- Serving suggestion for the Holy Spirit
- dictatorship of stupidity
- And much more!
However, it's important to note that comedy is not all lighthearted. It can also soften the sharpness of criticism, making it more digestible and even palatable for the audience.
Can Science Be Funny? navigates between criticism and cabaret, examining comedy in various forms from different perspectives. 22 contributions showcase how the results of science, research, and technology can be presented to the general public in fresh and engaging ways. Specifically, they demonstrate how humor can be employed as a critical and questioning force, valuable for all forms of communication and instrumental in enhancing their effectiveness in the future.
The translation was accomplished with the assistance of artificial intelligence (machine translation by the service DeepL.com). Subsequently, the original editors further refined the work stylistically to enhance its readability.
Weight: 284g
Dimension: 127 x 203 x 19 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783662657522
Edition number: 1st ed. 2023
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