{"product_id":"science-for-all-peter-j-bowler-9780226068633","title":"Science for All: The Popularization of Science in Early Twentieth-Century Britain","description":"\u003cp\u003eRecent scholarship has revealed that pioneering Victorian scientists endeavored through voluminous writing to raise public interest in science and its implications. But it has generally been assumed that once science became a profession around the turn of the century, this new generation of scientists turned its collective back on public outreach. \u003ci\u003eScience for All\u003c\/i\u003e debunks this apocryphal notion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeter J. Bowler surveys the books, serial works, magazines, and newspapers published between 1900 and the outbreak of World War II to show that practicing scientists were very active in writing about their work for a general readership. \u003ci\u003eScience for All\u003c\/i\u003e argues that the social environment of early twentieth-century Britain created a substantial market for science books and magazines aimed at those who had benefited from better secondary education but could not access higher learning. Scientists found it easy and profitable to write for this audience, Bowler reveals, and because their work was seen as educational, they faced no hostility from their peers. But when admission to colleges and universities became more accessible in the 1960s, this market diminished and professional scientists began to lose interest in writing at the nonspecialist level. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEagerly anticipated by scholars of scientific engagement throughout the ages, \u003ci\u003eScience for All \u003c\/i\u003esheds light on our own era and the continuing tension between science and public understanding. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter J. Bowler\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226068633\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226068633\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.10w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/30\/2009 pg. 20\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eScience\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2009 pg. 1347\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2010","brand":"Peter J. Bowler","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48447598166271,"sku":"9780226068633","price":62.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d7582009-ebe9-4ae5-bd7e-191fc7eeeb48.jpg?v=1777233756","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/science-for-all-peter-j-bowler-9780226068633","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}