Search
Now showing items 1-3 of 3
Popular Science in National and Transnational Perspective: Suggestions from the American Context
(2009-06)
In what ways can the study of science and popular culture in the American context contribute to ongoing debates on popularization and popular science? This essay suggests that, for several reasons, attention to the antebellum ...
Science in the everyday world - Why perspectives from the history of science matter
(2008-07)
The history of science is more than the history of scientists. This essay argues that various modem "publics" should be counted as belonging within an enlarged vision of who constitutes the "scientific community"--and ...
The Children’s Republic of Science in the Antebellum Literature of Samuel Griswold Goodrich and Jacob Abbott
(2009-01)
The antebellum years in the United States were marked by vigorous debates about national identity in which issues of hierarchy, authority, and democratic values came under intense scrutiny. During this period, a prime ...