FICTIONALIZATION OF SCIENCE. THE ETIOLOGY OF THE SPREADING (OF THESE WORKS) AND CASE STUDY
FICTIONALIZATION OF SCIENCE. THE ETIOLOGY OF THE SPREADING (OF THESE WORKS) AND CASE STUDY

Summary/Abstract: In the last two decades we find an increase in editorial appearances that are on the boundary between scientific literature and the fiction, which allows us to consider this phenomenon as the "fictionalization of science" without confusing this new genre with the SF. The discourse of fictionalized science is characterized by the presentation of scientific contents (often results of scientific researches) as well as of subjective accounts, often containing numerous figures of speech (and literary style). Most of the situations are found in the motivational literature, in practical / applied psychology, in physics, but also in pedagogical works that aim at the accessibility of scientific content. We try to analyze some of these works (The Biology of Belief; by Bruce H. Lipton; How to Talk So Kids Can Learn: At home and in School, by Adele Faber, Elaine Mazlish, Lisa Nyberg and Rosalyn Anstine Templeton; Medical Medium, by Anthony William) and to identify their treasures.

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