Innocent experiments : childhood and the culture of popular science in the United States / Rebecca Onion.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Onion, Rebecca, author.

Series:

Studies in United States culture.

Studies in United States Culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Science--Social aspects--United States.

Science.

Science projects--Social aspects--United States.

Science projects.

Science--Study and teaching--United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (241 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill, [North Carolina] : The University of North Carolina Press, 2016.

Summary:

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, Rebecca Onion examines the rise of informal children's science education in the twentieth century, from home chemistry sets after World War I to the century-long boom in child-centred science museums.

Contents:

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

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Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2016.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9798890843432

9798890843449

9781469629469

1469629461

9781469629476

146962947X

OCLC:

960101017