Popularizing Science and Technology in the European Periphery, 1800–2000

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Routledge, 23 mars 2016 - 304 pages
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.
 

Table des matières

List of Figures
Series Editors Preface
Rethinking the History of Science PopularizationPopular Science
The Historiography of Science Popularization Reflections Inspired by
Women and the Popularization of Botany in Early NineteenthCentury
Science for the People The Belgian Encyclopédie populaire and the Constitution
Circumventing the Elusive Quarries of Popular Science The Communication
The Circulation of Energy Thermodynamics National Culture and Social
Genres of Popular Science Urania and the Scientific Theatre
The Popularization of Astronomy in Early TwentiethCentury Sweden Aims
Physicians as a Public for the Popularization of Medicine in Interwar Catalonia
With or Without Scientists Reporting on Human Genetics in the Spanish
Concluding Remarks
Selected Bibliography
Index
Droits d'auteur

Electric Adventures and Natural Wonders Exhibitions Museums and Scientific

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À propos de l'auteur (2016)

Dr Faidra Papanelopoulou is based at the University of Athens, Greece. Dr Agustí Nieto-Galan is based at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain. Dr Enrique Perdiguero is based at the Miguel Hernández University, Spain.

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