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Innocent experiments :

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1469629496

(Number (ISBN

9781469629490

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1469629461

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146962947X

Erroneous ISBN

1469629496

Erroneous ISBN

9781469629469

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9781469629476

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9781469629483

Title Proper

Innocent experiments :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

childhood and the culture of popular science in the United States /

First Statement of Responsibility

Rebecca Onion.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Chapel Hill :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

The University of North Carolina Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

[2016]

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

1 online resource

Series Title

Studies in United States culture

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: A Curious Century; 1 Wonder House: The Brooklyn Children's Museum as Beautiful Dream; 2 Science in the Basement: Selling the Home Lab in the Interwar Years; 3 Embryo Scientists: Finding and Saving Postwar "Science Talent"; 4 Space Cadets and Rocket Boys: Policing the Masculinity of Scientific Enthusiasms; 5 The Exploratorium and the Persistence of Innocent Science; Conclusion: Looking Closer at "Kids Are Little Scientists"; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W.

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From the 1950s to the digital age, Americans have pushed their children to live science-minded lives, cementing scientific discovery and youthful curiosity as inseparable ideals. In this multifaceted work, historian Rebecca Onion examines the rise of informal children's science education in the twentieth century, from the proliferation of home chemistry sets after World War I to the century-long boom in child-centered science museums. Onion looks at how the United States has increasingly focused its energies over the last century into producing young scientists outside of the classroom. She shows that although Americans profess to believe that success in the sciences is synonymous with good citizenship, this idea is deeply complicated in an era when scientific data is hotly contested and many Americans have a conflicted view of science itself. These contradictions, Onion explains, can be understood by examining the histories of popular science and the development of ideas about American childhood. She shows how the idealized concept of "science" has moved through the public consciousness and how the drive to make child scientists has deeply influenced American culture. -- Provided by publisher.

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JSTOR

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22573/ctt1bnjxct

International Standard Book Number

1469629461

Science projects-- Social aspects-- United States.

Science-- Social aspects-- United States.

Science-- Study and teaching-- United States.

SCIENCE-- Experiments & Projects.

Science-- Social aspects.

Science-- Study and teaching.

SOCIAL SCIENCE-- General.

United States.

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SCI028000

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SOC047000

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Onion, Rebecca

Date of Transaction

20200823025509.0

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[Book]

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