Victorian Popularizers of Science: Designing Nature for New Audiences

by Bernard Lightman (Author)

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  Paperback
  2010

  $46.13

  Focuses on the journalists and writers who wrote about science for a general audience in the second half of the nineteenth century. This title examines more than thirty of the popularizers of the day, investigating how they communicated with their audience. It offers insights into the role of women in scientific inquiry.