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Nature 451, 129-130 (10 January 2008) | doi:10.1038/451129b; Published online 9 January 2008
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BOOK REVIEWED-The Earth on Show: Fossils and the Poetics of Popular Science, 1802–1856
by Ralph O'Connor
University of Chicago Press: 2008. 448 pp. $45
BOOK REVIEWED-Victorian Popularizers of Science: Designing Nature for New Audiences
by Bernard Lightman
University of Chicago Press: 2007. 528 pp. $45
The popularization of science has become a growth area for historical study. It is a natural continuation of the historian's quest to understand the social and cultural context and impact of science, and a consequence of scientists' admonitions over the past 20 years that the public should be better informed.
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