Historians of science and the “Sobel Effect”
In 1995, journalist Dava Sobel’s Longitude caused an earthquake in the history of science community. The present article analyses how only recently historians of science have fully realized the novelty the book represented. In the meantime, the international success of popular books by journalists o...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sissa Medialab
2005-03-01
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| Series: | JCOM: Journal of Science Communication |
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| Online Access: | http://jcom.sissa.it/article/art040101.pdf |