Title: Science for all : the popularization of science in early twentieth-century Britain /
Authors: Bowler, Peter J.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press,
Year: 2009
Subjects: Science news Great Britain History; Communication in science Great Britain History
Abstract: 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.
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.