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Science in the Marketplace: Nineteenth-Century Sites and Experiences
from: University Of Chicago Press
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 509.4109034
EAN: 9780226276502
ISBN: 0226276503
Label: University Of Chicago Press
Manufacturer: University Of Chicago Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 432
Publication Date: October 22, 2007
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Studio: University Of Chicago Press
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The nineteenth century was an age of transformation in science, when scientists were rewarded for their startling new discoveries with increased social status and authority. But it was also a time when ordinary people from across the social spectrum were given the opportunity to participate in science, for education, entertainment, or both. In Victorian Britain science could be encountered in myriad forms and in countless locations: in panoramic shows, exhibitions, and galleries; in city museums and country houses; in popular lectures; and even in domestic conversations that revolved around the latest books and periodicals.
Science in the Marketplace reveals this other side of Victorian scientific life by placing the sciences in the wider cultural marketplace, ultimately showing that the creation of new sites and audiences was just as crucial to the growing public interest in science as were the scientists themselves. By focusing attention on the scientific audience, as opposed to the scientific community or self-styled popularizers, Science in the Marketplace ably links larger societal changes—in literacy, in industrial technologies, and in leisure—to the evolution of “popular science.”
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Rating: - An interesting perspective on Victorian science
I have found one of the most interesting dimensions of Victorian intellectual history (of which there are many) is the development and distribution of new scientific information. After all, this is the period when Darwin in 1859 unloaded his "Origin of Species." But there was much more going on than evolution, both before and after Darwin's bombshell. This essay collection looks at how science was disseminated during the 19th century. It discusses this process under several general topics. For ... Read More
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