Innocent Experiments : Childhood and the Culture of Popular Science in the United States /

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From the 1950s to the digital age, Americans have pushed their children to live science-minded lives, cementing scientific discovery and youthful curiosity as inseparable ideals. In this multifaceted work, historian Rebecca Onion examines the rise of informal children's science education in the...

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Autor principal: Onion, Rebecca (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2016]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Science > Study and teaching.
Science > Social aspects.
Teaching.
SCIENCE > Experiments & Projects.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
teaching.
Enseignement.
Sciences > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Sciences > Travaux pratiques > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Teaching
Science > history
Science > Social aspects > United States.
Science projects > Social aspects > United States.
Science > Study and teaching > United States.
United States.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: A Curious Century; 1 Wonder House: The Brooklyn Children's Museum as Beautiful Dream; 2 Science in the Basement: Selling the Home Lab in the Interwar Years; 3 Embryo Scientists: Finding and Saving Postwar "Science Talent"; 4 Space Cadets and Rocket Boys: Policing the Masculinity of Scientific Enthusiasms; 5 The Exploratorium and the Persistence of Innocent Science; Conclusion: Looking Closer at "Kids Are Little Scientists"; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W.

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