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Science on the air : popularizers and personalities on radio and early television /

Mr. Wizard's World. Bill Nye the Science Guy. NPR's Science Friday. These popular television and radio programs broadcast science into the homes of millions of viewers and listeners. But these modern series owe much of their success to the pioneering efforts of early-twentieth-century scie...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: La Follette, Marcel Chotkowski, 1944-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©2008.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Tuxedos and microphones
  • The radio nature league
  • Syndicating science
  • Cooperative ventures
  • Shifting ground
  • A twist of the dial
  • Facts and fictionalizations
  • Adventuring with scientists
  • Broadcasting the voice of the atom
  • Illusions of actuality
  • Epilogue entertaining lessons.