The Voice of Science : British Scientists on the Lecture Circuit in Gilded Age America /

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"For many in the nineteenth century, the spoken word had a vivacity and power that exceeded other modes of communication. This conviction helped to sustain a diverse and dynamic lecture culture that provided a crucial vehicle for shaping and contesting cultural norms and beliefs. As science inc...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Finnegan, Diarmid A. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2021]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Speeches, addresses, etc., English.
Scientists.
Lectures and lecturing.
Intellectual life.
Communication in science.
British.
British > United States > History > 19th century.
Scientists > Great Britain > Biography.
Speeches, addresses, etc., English > 19th century > History and criticism.
Lectures and lecturing > United States > History > 19th century.
Communication in science > History > 19th century.
United States.
Great Britain.
United States > Intellectual life > History > 19th century.
Great Britain > Intellectual life > History > 19th century.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"For many in the nineteenth century, the spoken word had a vivacity and power that exceeded other modes of communication. This conviction helped to sustain a diverse and dynamic lecture culture that provided a crucial vehicle for shaping and contesting cultural norms and beliefs. As science increasingly became part of public culture and debate, its spokespersons recognized the need to harness the presumed power of public speech to recommend the moral relevance of scientific ideas and attitudes. With this wider context in mind, The Voice of Science explores the efforts of five celebrity British scientists-John Tyndall, Thomas Henry Huxley, Richard Proctor, Alfred Russel Wallace, and Henry Drummond-to articulate and embody a moral vision of the scientific life on American lecture platforms. These evangelists for science negotiated the fraught but intimate relationship between platform and newsprint culture and faced the demands of audiences searching for meaningful and memorable lecture performances. As Diarmid Finnegan reveals, all five attracted unrivaled attention, provoking responses in the press, from church pulpits, and on other platforms. Their lectures became potent cultural catalysts, provoking far-reaching debate on the consequences and relevance of scientific thought for reconstructing cultural meaning and moral purpose"--
Descripción Física:1 online resource (352 pages): illustrations, map ;
ISBN:9780822988397

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