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This issue features an exciting discussion on gender studies in sciences. Articles include, 'Hairdressing in space: Depiction of gender in science books for children' and 'Examining how scientists ‘do’ gender: An analysis of the representations of hegemonic masculinity and emphasized femininity on The Big Bang Theory'.

For an interesting insight into the problems of science representation on TV, the article, 'Staging science on TV: Richard Hammond’s Invisible Worlds, Richard Hammond’s Miracles of Nature and Wild Weather with Richard Hammond', may be of interest.

Articles within this issue include:

Stephen Hawking, man of science and popular culture

Authors: Steven Gil
Page Start: 99

Hairdressing in space: Depiction of gender in science books for children

Authors: Elizabeth F. Caldwell And Susan Jane Wilbraham
Page Start: 101

Staging science on TV: Richard Hammond’s Invisible Worlds, Richard Hammond’s Miracles of Nature and Wild Weather with Richard Hammond

Authors: Nigel Morris
Page Start: 119

Examining how scientists ‘do’ gender: An analysis of the representations of hegemonic masculinity and emphasized femininity on The Big Bang Theory

Authors: Emily Blosser
Page Start: 137

‘As if eavesdropping on actual filming’: The origins of the wildlife making-of documentary genre

Authors: Jean-Baptiste Gouyon
Page Start: 155

When popular culture phenomena provide experimental grounds for science: The example of death’s perception, bereavement and mourning

Authors: Elisabeth Beaunoyer And  Matthieu J. Guitton 
Page Start: 171

Selling stellar leftovers: The good, the bad and the bizarre

Authors: C. Renée James
Page Start: 177

 
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