Science for All : The Popularization of Science in Early Twentieth-Century Britain - Peter J. Bowler

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Science for All

The Popularization of Science in Early Twentieth-Century Britain

By: Peter J. Bowler

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Hardcover | 1 October 2009 | Edition Number 1

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Recent scholarship has revealed that pioneering Victorian scientists endeavored through voluminous writing to raise public interest in science and its implications. But it has generally been assumed that once science became a profession around the turn of the century, this new generation of scientists turned its collective back on public outreach. "Science for All" debunks this apocryphal notion.Peter J. Bowler surveys the books, serial works, magazines, and newspapers published between 1900 and the outbreak of World War II to show that practicing scientists were very active in writing about their work for a general readership. "Science for All" argues that the social environment of early twentieth-century Britain created a substantial market for science books and magazines aimed at those who had benefited from better secondary education but could not access higher learning. Scientists found it easy and profitable to write for this audience, Bowler reveals, and because their work was seen as educational, they faced no hostility from their peers. But when admission to colleges and universities became more accessible in the 1960s, this market diminished and professional scientists began to lose interest in writing at the nonspecialist level. Eagerly anticipated by scholars of scientific engagement throughout the ages, "Science for All "sheds light on our own era and the continuing tension between science and public understanding.

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"This is a valuable contribution to the study of popular science in the twentieth century. Science for All will go a long way toward providing a much-needed first exploration of the period." - Peter Broks, University of the West of England"

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List of Illustrations	p. vii
Preface	p. ix
A Note about Money	p. xi
Introduction: Scientists, Experts, and the Public	p. 1
Topics and Themes in Popular Science
Rival Ideologies of Science	p. 17
The Big Picture	p. 33
Practical Knowledge for All	p. 53
Publishers and Their Publications
Creating an Audience	p. 75
Bestsellers on Big Issues	p. 96
Publishers' Series	p. 114
Encyclopedias and Serial Publications	p. 143
Popular Science Magazines	p. 161
Science for the General Public	p. 185
The Authors
Big Names	p. 217
Scientists and Other Experts	p. 241
Epilogue: The 1950s and After	p. 264
Appendix: Biographical Register	p. 279
Bibliography	p. 295
Index	p. 327
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Science for All

The Popularization of Science in Early Twentieth-Century Britain

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