Separate Spheres and Public Places: Reflections on the History of Science Popularization and Science in Popular Culture
History of SciencePublished 1 September 1994
Roger Cooter, Stephen Pumfrey
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L'A. demontre qu'il faudrait reconsiderer la negligence des etudes historiques de la science populaire et de la popularisation en fonction de l'hegemonie de la science elle-meme
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