Being Modern
The Cultural Impact of Science in the Early Twentieth Century
Published on 10. October 2018
Book
Paperback/Softback
438 pages
978-1-78735-394-7 (ISBN)
Description
In the early decades of the twentieth century, engagement with science was commonly used as an emblem of modernity. This phenomenon is now attracting increasing attention in different historical specialties. Being Modern explores engagement with science across culture from the end of the nineteenth century to approximately 1940.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
23 Illustrations, color; 8 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 231 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 33 mm
Weight
794 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78735-394-7 (9781787353947)
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Robert Bud is Research Keeper at the Science Museum in London. His award-winning publications in the history of science include studies of biotechnology and scientific instruments. Paul Greenhalgh is Director of the Sainsbury Centre at the University of East Anglia, and Professor of Art History there. He has published extensively in the history of art, design, and the decorative arts in the early modern period. Frank James is Professor of History of Science at the Royal Institution and University College London. His research formerly centred on Faraday, but now focuses on Davy. Morag Shiach is Professor of Cultural History at Queen Mary, University of London. She has published extensively on the cultural history of modernism and on modernism and labour.