Public understanding of science
a history of communicating scientific ideas
- ISBN: 9780415206389
- Editorial: Routledge
- Fecha de la edición: 2006
- Lugar de la edición: New York. Estados Unidos de Norteamérica
- Colección: Studies in the history of science, technology and medicina
- Encuadernación: Cartoné
- Medidas: 24 cm
- Nº Pág.: 310
- Idiomas: Inglés
Between the French Revolution (1789) and the 'Chemists' War' (1914-18), science became culturally and economically crucial: it seemed pervasive but difficult. David Knight explores how science was disseminated in this period, moving from a time in the late eighteenth century when science was not widely regarded as a necessary tool for investigating the world to the start of the twentieth century when it was crucial. Asking questions, such as: did scientists have an easily-learned method? Or, could the interesting parts of science be communicated in sermons, poems, pictures, lectures, museums, travel books, or journalism? Who was best at communicating it: scientists, popularisers or critics? David Knight examines the history of science to reveal that the successes and failures of our ancestors can help us to achieve understanding.
