03487nam 2200709 a 450 991077805910332120231011234447.01-282-23971-697866122397170-226-46695-710.7208/9780226466958(CKB)1000000000773743(EBL)448559(OCoLC)434595817(SSID)ssj0000242235(PQKBManifestationID)11218712(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000242235(PQKBWorkID)10310770(PQKB)11457172(StDuBDS)EDZ0000122987(MiAaPQ)EBC448559(DE-B1597)523379(OCoLC)1058485333(DE-B1597)9780226466958(Au-PeEL)EBL448559(CaPaEBR)ebr10317926(CaONFJC)MIL223971(OCoLC)567989954(EXLCZ)99100000000077374320071206d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrScience on the air[electronic resource] popularizers and personalities on radio and early television /Marcel Chotkowski LaFolletteChicago University of Chicago Pressc20081 online resource (325 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-226-46759-7 Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-294) and index.Tuxedos and microphones -- The radio nature league -- Syndicating science -- Cooperative ventures -- Shifting ground -- A twist of the dial -- Facts and fictionalizations -- Adventuring with scientists -- Broadcasting the voice of the atom -- Illusions of actuality -- Epilogue entertaining lessons.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 daScience newsUnited StatesHistoryCommunication in scienceUnited StatesHistoryRadioUnited StatesHistoryTelevisionUnited StatesHistorypopular science, broadcasting, radio, npr, bill nye, mr wizards world, television, our friend the atom, education, entertainment, dissemination, innumeracy, topic, content, tone, public, communication, popularization, reception, scientific literacy, history, mass media, smithsonian, frank capra, austin clark, podcasts, engineering, technology, innovation, discovery, research, conservation, censorship, journalism, reporting, edward w scripps.Science newsHistory.Communication in scienceHistory.RadioHistory.TelevisionHistory.509.73/0904AP 35160rvkLa Follette Marcel Chotkowski1944-1522756MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910778059103321Science on the air3762632UNINA