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

Papanelopoulou, Faidra

 
9780754662693: Popularizing Science and Technology in the European Periphery, 1800–2000
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ISBN 10: 0754662691 ISBN 13: 9780754662693
Casa editrice: Routledge, 2009

Sinossi

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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Informazioni sull'autore

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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Editore
Routledge
Data di pubblicazione
2009
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
0754662691
ISBN 13 
9780754662693
Rilegatura
Copertina rigida
Numero edizione
1
Numero di pagine
304
Redattore
Nieto-Galan Agustí
Contatto del produttore
Routledge
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ISBN 10:  1138259845 ISBN 13:  9781138259843
Casa editrice: Routledge, 2016
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