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

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

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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Main Author: La Follette, Marcel Chotkowski, 1944-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©2008.
Subjects:
Science news > United States > History.
Communication in science > United States > History.
Radio > United States > History.
Television > United States > History.
Television broadcasting > United States > History.
SCIENCE > History.
Communication in science
Radio
Science news
Television
Hörfunksendung
Naturwissenschaften
Rundfunk
Fernsehen
Wetenschapsvoorlichting.
Radioprogramma's.
Televisieprogramma's.
Presentatie.
Radio > États-Unis > Histoire.
Télévision > États-Unis > Histoire.
Sciences > Vulgarisation > États-Unis > Histoire.
United States
USA
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Click for online access
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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 days of radio, when the new medium allowed innovativ.
Physical Description:1 online resource (x, 314 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-294) and index.
ISBN:9780226466958
0226466957
1282239716
9781282239715
9786612239717
6612239719
Language:English.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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