Review of Victorian Popularizers of Science: Designing Nature for New Audiences; Science in the Marketplace: Nineteenth-Century Sites and Experiences
Bernard Lightman, Victorian Popularizers of Science: Designing Nature for New Audiences. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2007. Pp. xviii + 545. $45. Aileen Fyfe and Bernard Lightman, eds., Science in the Marketplace: Nineteenth-Century Sites and Experiences. Chicago: University of Chicago...
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| description | Bernard Lightman, Victorian Popularizers
of Science: Designing Nature for New Audiences. Chicago: University of
Chicago Press, 2007. Pp. xviii + 545. $45.
Aileen Fyfe and Bernard Lightman,
eds., Science in the Marketplace: Nineteenth-Century Sites and Experiences.
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2007. Pp. x + 410. $45.
The Darwin year showed clearly that, at least
in 2009, science was far from the exclusive preserve of scientists. The
bicentenary of Darwin’s birth and the sesquicentenary of the publication
of his most important book were celebrated on a global scale. His
scientific heirs observed these anniversaries with predictable scholarly
pomp and circumstance. More striking were the number and scale of
commemorations directed to the general public, as well as the enthusiasm
with which they were received. Along with a spate of new and resuscitated
books came lectures, conferences, tours, and exhibits. Every
institution with a link to the man or his theory eagerly joined in the
celebration—which is not, of course, to say that either Charles Darwin
or his theory of evolution by natural selection has been universally embraced.
It remains controversial outside the scientific community—in
some ways more controversial than it was when originally proposed. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/646532022-10-01T13:42:22Z Review of Victorian Popularizers of Science: Designing Nature for New Audiences; Science in the Marketplace: Nineteenth-Century Sites and Experiences Ritvo, Harriet Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Humanities. History Section Ritvo, Harriet Ritvo, Harriet Bernard Lightman, Victorian Popularizers of Science: Designing Nature for New Audiences. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2007. Pp. xviii + 545. $45. Aileen Fyfe and Bernard Lightman, eds., Science in the Marketplace: Nineteenth-Century Sites and Experiences. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2007. Pp. x + 410. $45. The Darwin year showed clearly that, at least in 2009, science was far from the exclusive preserve of scientists. The bicentenary of Darwin’s birth and the sesquicentenary of the publication of his most important book were celebrated on a global scale. His scientific heirs observed these anniversaries with predictable scholarly pomp and circumstance. More striking were the number and scale of commemorations directed to the general public, as well as the enthusiasm with which they were received. Along with a spate of new and resuscitated books came lectures, conferences, tours, and exhibits. Every institution with a link to the man or his theory eagerly joined in the celebration—which is not, of course, to say that either Charles Darwin or his theory of evolution by natural selection has been universally embraced. It remains controversial outside the scientific community—in some ways more controversial than it was when originally proposed. 2011-06-22T19:36:58Z 2011-06-22T19:36:58Z 2010-06 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 0891-9356 1067-8352 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/64653 Ritvo, Harriet. "Review of: Bernard Lightman, Victorian Popularizers of Science: Designing Nature for New Audiences. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2007. Pp. xviii + 545; Aileen Fyfe and Bernard Lightman, eds., Science in the Marketplace: Nineteenth-Century Sites and Experiences. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2007. Pp. x + 410." Ninteenth-Century Literature, 65.1 (June 2010) p.120-122. © 2010 by The Regents of the University of California. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6278-3571 en_US http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/ncl.2010.65.1.120 Nineteenth-Century Literature Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. application/pdf University of California Press University of California Press |
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