Science for all
Subtitle: the popularization of science in early twentieth-century Britain
By: Peter J. Bowler.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780226068633
Subjects: Science news -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.; Communication in science -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Rival ideologies of science; title: The big picture; title: Practical knowledge for all; title: Creating an audience; title: Bestsellers on big issues; title: Publishers' series; title: Encyclopedias and serial publications; title: Popular science magazines; title: Science for the general public; title: Big names; title: Scientists and other experts; title: Epilogue : the 1950s and after.