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- Being Modern: The Cultural Impact of Science in the Early Twentieth Century
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- 2018
- Published by: University College London
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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'.
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 was a critical part, and to supersede such
tired formulations as 'Science and culture'.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgements
- pp. vii-viii
- List of Illustrations
- pp. xiii-xvi
- Contributors
- pp. xvii-xx
- Being Modern: Introduction
- pp. 1-20
- Section 2: Tensions Over Science
- pp. 93-94
- Section 3: Mathematics and Physics
- pp. 167-168
- 10 Architecture, Science and Purity
- pp. 207-244
- Epilogue: Science After Modernity
- pp. 386-393
- Select Bibliography
- pp. 394-403
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ISBN
9781787353930
Related ISBN(s)
9781787353947
MARC Record
OCLC
1057471585
Launched on MUSE
2021-01-19
Language
English
Open Access
Yes
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CC-BY-NC-SA