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oapen-20.500.12657-281792022-04-26T11:20:04Z Being Modern Bud , Robert Greenhalgh, Paul James, Frank Shiach, Morag History of Science Modern Culture bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History::HBJ Regional & national history::HBJD European history bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History::HBT History: specific events & topics::HBTB Social & cultural history bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JF Society & culture: general::JFC Cultural studies bic Book Industry Communication::P Mathematics & science::PD Science: general issues::PDX History of science 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 builds on this recent scholarly interest to explore engagement with science across culture from the end of the nineteenth century to approximately 1940. Addressing the breadth of cultural forms in Britain and the western world from the architecture of Le Corbusier to working class British science fiction, Being Modern paints a rich picture. Seventeen distinguished contributors from a range of fields including the cultural study of science and technology, art and architecture, English culture and literature examine the issues involved. The book will be a valuable resource for students, and a spur to scholars to further examination of culture as an interconnected web of which science is a critical part, and to supersede such tired formulations as 'Science and culture'. 2018-10-01 23:55:55 2019-01-11 13:45:08 2020-04-01T12:17:02Z 2020-04-01T12:17:02Z 2018 book 1001815 OCN: 1083022232 9781787353930 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/28179 eng application/pdf n/a Being-Modern.pdf UCL Press 10.14324/111.9781787353930 10.14324/111.9781787353930 df73bf94-b818-494c-a8dd-6775b0573bc2 9781787353930 438 open access
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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 builds on this recent scholarly interest to explore engagement with science across culture from the end of the nineteenth century to approximately 1940.
Addressing the breadth of cultural forms in Britain and the western world from the architecture of Le Corbusier to working class British science fiction, Being Modern paints a rich picture. Seventeen distinguished contributors from a range of fields including the cultural study of science and technology, art and architecture, English culture and literature examine the issues involved. The book will be a valuable resource for students, and a spur to scholars to further examination of culture as an interconnected web of which science is a critical part, and to supersede such tired formulations as 'Science and culture'.
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