Unpacking the Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram: A Social Semiotic Analysis of the Disciplinary and Pedagogical Affordances of a Central Resource in Astronomy

• मुख्य लेखकों: John Airey (लेखक), Urban Eriksson (लेखक)
• स्वरूप: पुस्तक
• प्रकाशित: Stockholm University Press, 2019-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• विषय: article
• ऑनलाइन पहुंच: Connect to this object online.

In this paper we are interested in the relationship between disciplinary knowledge and its representation. We carry out a social semiotic analysis of a central tool used in astronomy-the Hertzsprung-Russell (H-R) diagram-in order to highlight its disciplinary and pedagogical affordances. The H-R dia...