George Howard Darwin and the "public" interpretation of The Tides.

IF 1.1 3区 哲学 Q2 HISTORY & PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE
History of Science Pub Date : 2024-03-01 Epub Date: 2023-07-18 DOI:10.1177/00732753231181548
Edwin D Rose
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Processes of adapting complex information for broad audiences became a pressing concern by the turn of the twentieth century. Channels of communication ranged from public lectures to printed books designed to serve a social class eager for self-improvement. Through analyzing a course of public lectures given by George Howard Darwin (1845-1912) for the Lowell Institute in Boston and the monograph he based on these, The Tides and Kindred Phenomena of the Solar System (1898), this article connects the important practices of public lecturing and book production-two aspects of knowledge dissemination that tend to be studied as separate entities. Darwin, Plumian Professor of Astronomy at the University of Cambridge and son of the famous naturalist, relied on a diverse material culture when lecturing and producing a book. Giving a new account of Darwin's scientific work through exploring his adaption of it for broader audiences, this article connects the diverse material culture Darwin employed in talks to the practice of producing a published book. The content of objects demonstrated and the lantern slides projected during Darwin's lectures evolved to form a book designed to engage broad sectors of society in Europe and the United States. Darwin's lectures were attended at full capacity, while The Tides was soon printed in numerous English editions and translated into German, Italian, Hungarian, and Spanish.

乔治-霍华德-达尔文和《潮汐》的 "公众 "解读。
二十世纪初,如何将复杂的信息传播给广大受众已成为一个亟待解决的问题。传播渠道从公开讲座到印刷书籍,旨在为渴望自我提升的社会阶层服务。本文通过分析乔治-霍华德-达尔文(George Howard Darwin,1845-1912 年)为波士顿洛厄尔研究所举办的公开讲座课程,以及他在此基础上撰写的专著《太阳系的潮汐和类似现象》(1898 年),将公开讲座和图书制作这两个知识传播的重要实践联系起来,而这两个方面往往被作为独立的实体进行研究。达尔文是剑桥大学普鲁米天文学教授,也是著名博物学家的儿子,他在演讲和出书时依赖于多样化的物质文化。这篇文章通过探讨达尔文为更广泛的受众而对其科学著作进行的改编,对达尔文的科学著作进行了新的阐述,并将达尔文在讲座中使用的多样化物质文化与出版书籍的实践联系起来。达尔文讲座中展示的物品内容和放映的灯笼幻灯片演变成了一本书,旨在吸引欧洲和美国的广大社会群体。达尔文的讲座座无虚席,而《潮汐》很快就被印刷成许多英文版本,并被翻译成德文、意大利文、匈牙利文和西班牙文。
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History of Science
History of Science 综合性期刊-科学史与科学哲学
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1.50
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15
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>12 weeks
期刊介绍: History of Science is peer reviewed journal devoted to the history of science, medicine and technology from earliest times to the present day. Articles discussing methodology, and reviews of the current state of knowledge and possibilities for future research, are especially welcome.
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