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Science on the air [electronic resource] : popularizers and personalities on radio and early television / Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette.

By: LaFollette, Marcel C. (Marcel Chotkowski).
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Publisher: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2008Description: x, 314 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.Subject(s): Science news -- United States -- History | Communication in science -- United States -- History | Radio -- United States -- History | Television -- United States -- HistoryGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 509.73/0904 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Contents:
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.

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.

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.