Article ID: CBB601448284

Science Outside Academies: An Italian Case of “Scientific Mediation”—From Joule’s Seminal Experience to Lucio Lombardo Radice’s Contemporary Attempt (2021)

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Starting from the seminal experience of James Prescott Joule, this paper aims to debate the possibility of “making” science outside universities and academies. Joule himself studied as an autodidact and did not make his own discoveries while following an academic path; on the contrary, at first, the associations and academic societies of the time tended not to recognize his works officially. All of this happened throughout the nineteenth century during the period of the first relevant tendency to science popularization. For example, looking at the second half of the England of the 1800s, we can refer to Michael Faraday’s open lessons for children like The Chemical History of a Candle. Following this perspective from a historical view, this paper explores the Italian attempts to communicate science—from the ‘50s to the ‘70s—to a larger public via television and other media, also considering the political and social backgrounds behind this choice. In particular, this paper also deals with Lucio Lombardo Radice’s work on TV programs and writings in social-political journals and daily newspapers, as a mathematician and pedagogist engaged on the importance of what he specifically called “Scientific mediation”, as a “method” to teach and popularize science to a larger public.

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Authors & Contributors
O'Connor, Ralph
Keith John Treschman
Hutchinson, Hazel
Morley, N. J.
Cardoso de Matos, Ana
Lusito, Fabio
Concepts
Popularization
Communication of scientific ideas
Mass media
Public understanding of science
Science and society
Popular culture
Time Periods
19th century
20th century
20th century, early
20th century, late
21st century
18th century
Places
Great Britain
Portugal
Barcelona (Spain)
Americas
United States
Sweden
Institutions
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
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