Table of Contents

Introduction: Anti-science Accelerator.- A Whirlwind Tour of Particles Physics.- Angels or Demons? Stereotypes of Scientists.- The End is Nigh - Fundamental Particle Fears.- Can You Hear Me Now? Impediments to Science Communication.- Searching for Security in an Unsafe World.- Pernicious Particles - Subatomic Particles as Villains.- Specters in Space-time.- Science Communication Redux – Returning to the Collision Point.- Conclusion: Breaking the Chain (Reaction).- Appendix: Media Works.- Index.

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).

Reviews

“A delightfully detailed survey of the many ways in which quantum mechanics, string theory, dark matter, colliders and cosmology have been pressed into service in the name of popular entertainment. … it is extra-good because these discussions are always shot through with copious references to films, TV series, cartoons, books and comics, which are, in themselves, inherently fascinating. A pearler of a book.” (Andrew Masterson, Cosmos, cosmosmagazine.com, June 15, 2019)