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Science as Public Culture
What I’ve been reading (2021-01-18)

1. Jan Golinski, Science as Public Culture: Chemistry and Enlightenment in Britain, 1760-1820 .  One of the best books on the history of Enlightenment science, in addition to the core material it focuses on how the leading researchers went about creating public audiences for their investigations and for the scientific questions that interested them.  Indirectly, it is also a good book for understanding the importance of social media today.  And unlike many books of science, it properly places th...

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