Discovering Science from an Armchair: Popular Science in British Magazines of the Interwar Years.
Analysing the contents of magazines published with the stated intention of conveying information about science and technology to the public provides a mechanism for evaluation what counted as ‘popular science’. This article presents numerical surveys of the contents of three magazines published in i...
| Publicado en: | Annals of Science Vol. 73; no. 1; pp. 89 - 108 |
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Jan2016
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=112453283&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 112453283 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 00033790 7J1 jtl: Annals of Science issn: 00033790 maglogo: Y pubinfo: dt: Jan2016 vid: 73 iid: 1 pid: 377 pub: Taylor & Francis Ltd artinfo: ui: 112453283 10.1080/00033790.2015.1061236 ppf: 89 ppct: 19 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P size: 2MB tig: atl: Discovering Science from an Armchair: Popular Science in British Magazines of the Interwar Years. aug: au: Bowler, Peter J. affil: School of History and Anthropology, Queen's University, Belfast, UK su: Science periodicals Interwar Period (1918-1939) Editorial policies Technology periodicals Scientific discoveries sug: subj: Science periodicals Interwar Period (1918-1939) Editorial policies Technology periodicals Scientific discoveries ab: Analysing the contents of magazines published with the stated intention of conveying information about science and technology to the public provides a mechanism for evaluation what counted as ‘popular science’. This article presents numerical surveys of the contents of three magazines published in inter-war Britain (Discovery,ConquestandArmchair Science) and offers an evaluation of the results. The problem of defining relevant topic-categories is addressed, both direct and indirect strategies being employed to ensure that the topics correspond to what the editors and publishers took to be the principal areas of science and technology of interest to their readers. Analysis of the results of the surveys reveals different editorial policies depending on the backgrounds of the publishers and their anticipated readerships. The strong focus of the two most populist magazines on applied science and ‘hobbyist’ topics such as natural history, radio and motoring is noted and contrasted with the very limited coverage of theoretical science. In conclusion, a survey of changes in the contents over the periods of publication is used to identify trends in the coverage of science during this period. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of Annals of Science is the property of Taylor & Francis Ltd and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. item: Annals of Science holder: Taylor & Francis Ltd dt: @attributes: year: 2016 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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