Science on the air
Subtitle: popularizers and personalities on radio and early television
By: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 314
ISBN-13: 9780226467597
Subjects: Science news -- United States -- History.; Communication in science -- United States -- History.; Radio -- United States -- History.; Television -- United States -- History.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Tuxedos and microphones; title: The radio nature league; title: Syndicating science; title: Cooperative ventures; title: Shifting ground; title: A twist of the dial; title: Facts and fictionalizations; title: Adventuring with scientists; title: Broadcasting the voice of the atom; title: Illusions of actuality; title: Epilogue entertaining lessons.