Article ID: CBB001021926

“Making Science Understandable”: divulgació científica i mediació editorial: el cas de The Wisdom of the Body de Walter B. Cannon (1871--1945) (2009)

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The present paper aims at an historical reconstruction, in the framework of the publishing industry in the years between the two World Wars, of the role played by the publisher William W. Norton in the genesis, published in 1932, and new edition in 1938, of Walter B. Cannon's book The Wisdom of the Body. With the analysis of this case study, we aimed at contributing to the current criticism of the dominant view, which tries, in an uncritical manner, that scientific popularization follows an ineluctable, continuous and linear evolution.

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Description Exploring the nature of scientific popularization and the interaction between publisher and author in the case of the publisher William W. Norton's work with Cannon on his book in the 1930s.


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Authors & Contributors
Sampson, Paul E.
McGregor, Russell
Cardoso de Matos, Ana
Wolfe, Audra Jayne
Vermeer, Leonieke
Thurs, Daniel Patrick
Concepts
Popularization
Public understanding of science
Mass media
Journalism
Science and society
Science and culture
Time Periods
20th century, early
19th century
20th century
20th century, late
18th century
Places
United States
Great Britain
Portugal
Soviet Union
Buenos Aires (Argentina)
Barcelona (Spain)
Institutions
Círculo Médico Argentino
Genetics Society of America
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