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ERIC Number: EJ354745
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1987
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Was There Really a Popular Science "Boom"?
Lewenstein, Bruce V.
Science, Technology, & Human Values, v12 n2 p29-41 Spr 1987
Traces the major developments and trends in contemporary popular science. Identifies magazines, television shows, and newspaper sections devoted to popular science and discusses their status and impact. Comments on the rise, fall, and future of the "science boom." (ML)
Descriptors: Information Sources, Mass Media, Newspapers, Periodicals, Popular Culture, Science and Society, Science Education, Science History, Science Interests, Scientific Literacy, Technology, Television
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Audience: Practitioners
Language: English
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