The nineteenth century was an age of transformation in science,
when scientists were rewarded for their startling new discoveries
with increased social status and authority. But it was also a time
when ordinary people from across the social spectrum were given the
opportunity to participate in science, for education,
entertainment, or both. In Victorian Britain science could be
encountered in myriad forms and in countless locations: in
panoramic shows, exhibitions, and galleries; in city museums and
country houses; in popular lectures; and even in domestic
conversations that revolved around the latest books and
periodicals.
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Science in the Marketplace" reveals this other side of Victorian
scientific life by placing the sciences in the wider cultural
marketplace, ultimately showing that the creation of new sites and
audiences was just as crucial to the growing public interest in
science as were the scientists themselves. By focusing attention on
the scientific audience, as opposed to the scientific community or
self-styled popularizers, "Science in the Marketplace" ably links
larger societal changes--in literacy, in industrial technologies,
and in leisure--to the evolution of "popular science."
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