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Science for all : the popularization of science in early twentieth-century Britain

Author: Peter J Bowler
Publisher: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2009.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Peter Bowler shows how a nation that benefitted from sound secondary education in the early 20th century, but had not yet been able to widely access the tertiary level, provided a groundswell of interest with which scientists of the time were happy to engage.
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Peter J Bowler
ISBN: 9780226068633 0226068633
OCLC Number: 297222758
Description: X, 339 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Rival ideologies of science --
The big picture --
Practical knowledge for all --
Creating an audience --
Bestsellers on big issues --
Publishers' series --
Encyclopedias and serial publications --
Popular science magazines --
Science for the general public --
Big names --
Scientists and other experts --
Epilogue : the 1950s and after.
Responsibility: Peter J. Bowler.

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Argues that the social environment of early twentieth-century Britain created a substantial market for science books and magazines aimed at those who had benefited from better secondary education but  Read more...

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"This is a valuable contribution to the study of popular science in the twentieth century. Science for All will go a long way toward providing a much-needed first exploration of the period." - Peter Read more...

 
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