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Innocent Experiments: Childhood and the Culture of Popular Science in the United States
Rebecca Onion
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paperback. Series: Studies in United States Culture. Num Pages: 272 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSP1; JNLB; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 379.
From the 1950s to the digital age, Americans have pushed their childrento live science-minded lives, cementing scientific discovery and youthfulcuriosity as inseparable ideals. In this multifaceted work, historian RebeccaOnion examines the rise of informal children’s science education in thetwentieth century, from the proliferation of home chemistry sets after WorldWar I to the century-long boom in child-centred science museums. Onionlooks at how the United States has increasingly focused its energies over thelast century into producing young scientists outside of the classroom. Sheshows that although Americans profess to believe that success in the sciencesis synonymous with good citizenship, this idea is deeply ... Read more
From the 1950s to the digital age, Americans have pushed their childrento live science-minded lives, cementing scientific discovery and youthfulcuriosity as inseparable ideals. In this multifaceted work, historian RebeccaOnion examines the rise of informal children’s science education in thetwentieth century, from the proliferation of home chemistry sets after WorldWar I to the century-long boom in child-centred science museums. Onionlooks at how the United States has increasingly focused its energies over thelast century into producing young scientists outside of the classroom. Sheshows that although Americans profess to believe that success in the sciencesis synonymous with good citizenship, this idea is deeply ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Series
Studies in United States Culture
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Chapel Hill, United States
ISBN
9781469629476
SKU
V9781469629476
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About Rebecca Onion
Rebecca Onion is a visiting scholar of history at Ohio University and staff writer at Slate.com.
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