Science on the air : popularizers and personalities on radio and early television / Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

LaFollette, Marcel Chotkowski, 1944-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Science news--United States--History.

Science news.

Communication in science--United States--History.

Communication in science.

Radio--United States--History.

Radio.

Television--United States--History.

Television.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (325 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

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 science shows like Adventures in Science and "Our Friend the Atom." Science on the Air is the fascinating history of the evolution of popular science in the first decades of the broadcasting era. Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette transports readers to the early da

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-294) and index.

ISBN:

9786612239717

9781282239715

1282239716

9780226466958

0226466957

OCLC:

434595817