Book ID: CBB000500696

Behind the Scenes at the Science Museum (2002)

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Macdonald, Sharon (Author)


Berg
Publication date: 2002
Language: English


Publication Date: 2002
Physical Details: xiii + 293 pp.; ill.; bibl; index

Description Ethnographic analysis of a major science exhibition at the Science Museum, London. (from the publisher)


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Review Bennett, Jim (2004) Review of "Behind the Scenes at the Science Museum". British Journal for the History of Science (p. 99). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Buckland, Adelene
Ciardi, Marco
Duarte, Regina Horta
Emons, Pascale
Fara, Patricia
Farry, James
Journals
Endeavour: Review of the Progress of Science
History and Technology
Icon: Journal of the International Committee for the History of Technology
Public Understanding of Science
Victorian Literature and Culture
Eighteenth-Century Life
Publishers
University of Chicago
Hoepli
Science Museum
Intercollegiate Studies Institute
Concepts
Popularization
Popular culture
Museums
Public understanding of science
Science and society
Science
People
Dickens, Charles
Doyle, Arthur Conan
Du Chaillu, Paul
Huxley, Thomas Henry
Ley, Willy
Lyons, Henry George
Time Periods
20th century
19th century
21st century
20th century, late
18th century
20th century, early
Places
Great Britain
British Isles
Brazil
Netherlands
United States
London (England)
Institutions
Science Museum, London
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
British Interplanetary Society
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