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Popularizing Science and Technology in the European Periphery, 1800-2000 (Hardcover, New Ed)
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Popularizing Science and Technology in the European Periphery, 1800-2000 (Hardcover, New Ed)
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The vast majority of European countries have never had a Newton,
Pasteur or Einstein. Therefore a historical analysis of their
scientific culture must be more than the search for great
luminaries. Studies of the ways science and technology were
communicated to the public in countries of the European periphery
can provide a valuable insight into the mechanisms of the
appropriation of scientific ideas and technological practices
across the continent. The contributors to this volume each take as
their focus the popularization of science in countries on the
margins of Europe, who in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries
may be perceived to have had a weak scientific culture. A variety
of scientific genres and forums for presenting science in the
public sphere are analysed, including botany and women, teaching
and popularizing physics and thermodynamics, scientific theatres,
national and international exhibitions, botanical and zoological
gardens, popular encyclopaedias, popular medicine and astronomy,
and genetics in the press. Each topic is situated firmly in its
historical and geographical context, with local studies of
developments in Spain, Portugal, Italy, Hungary, Denmark, Belgium
and Sweden. Popularizing Science and Technology in the European
Periphery provides us with a fascinating insight into the history
of science in the public sphere and will contribute to a better
understanding of the circulation of scientific knowledge.
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