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Science on the Air
Marcel Chotkowski Lafollette
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Description for Science on the Air
Hardback. Presents history of the evolution of popular science in the first decades of the broadcasting era. This title transports readers to the early days of radio, when the new medium allowed innovative and optimistic scientists the opportunity to broadcast serious and dignified presentations over the airwaves. Num Pages: 288 pages, 22 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJPG; APT; APW; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 171 x 26. Weight in Grams: 594.
"Mr. Wizard's World", "Bill Nye the Science Guy", and "NPR's Science Friday" - these popular television and radio programs broadcast science into the homes of millions of viewers and listeners. But these modern series owe much of their success to the pioneering efforts of early twentieth-century science shows like "Adventures in Science" and "Our Friend the Atom". "Science on the Air" is the fascinating history of the evolution of popular science in the first decades of the broadcasting era.Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette transports readers to the early days of radio, when the new medium allowed innovative and optimistic scientists the opportunity ... Read more
"Mr. Wizard's World", "Bill Nye the Science Guy", and "NPR's Science Friday" - these popular television and radio programs broadcast science into the homes of millions of viewers and listeners. But these modern series owe much of their success to the pioneering efforts of early twentieth-century science shows like "Adventures in Science" and "Our Friend the Atom". "Science on the Air" is the fascinating history of the evolution of popular science in the first decades of the broadcasting era.Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette transports readers to the early days of radio, when the new medium allowed innovative and optimistic scientists the opportunity ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Number of Pages
324
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226467597
SKU
V9780226467597
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About Marcel Chotkowski Lafollette
Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette is an independent historian who has taught at the Johns Hopkins University, the George Washington University, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She is the author of several books, including Making Science Our Own: Public Images of Science, 1910-1955, also published by the University of Chicago Press, and Reframing Scopes: Journalists, Scientists, and Lost Photographs from the ... Read more
Reviews for Science on the Air
"This deeply researched and exceptionally well-written book will make a significant contribution to the history of radio and television, of science popularization, and of twentieth-century popular science more generally." - Paul Boyer, University of Wisconsin - Madison"