Science in the Public Sphere: A History of Lay Knowledge and Expertise

ISBN-13: 9781138909519 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 270 str.

Agusti Nieto-Galan

Opis

First published in Spanish in 2011 with the title: Los paublicos de la ciencia: expertos y profanos a travaes de la historia (Madrid: Marcial Pons, Ediciones de Historia).

Spis treści

List of figures. Preface. 1. Introduction: The Discontent of Scientific Culture. 2. Printed Science. 3. Spectacular Science. 4. Heterodox Science. 5. Classroom Science. 6. Technological Science. 7. Media Science. 8. Democratic Science. 9. Conclusion. Bibliography. Index.

O autorze

Agustí Nieto-Galan is a professor of History of Science, and Director of the Centre d’Història de la Ciència (CEHIC) at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB). He has written widely on the history of chemistry and natural dyestuffs, and on the history of science popularization (eighteenth to twentieth centuries). His publications include Barcelona: An urban history of science and modernity: 1888-1929 (co-editor, 2015) and Popularizing Science and Technology in the European Periphery, 1800-2000 (co-editor, 2009).