James, F;
Bud, R;
Shiach, M;
Greenhalgh, P;
(2018)
Being Modern: The Cultural Impact of Science in the Early Twentieth Century.
UCL Press: London.
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Abstract
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'.
| Type: | Book |
|---|---|
| Title: | Being Modern: The Cultural Impact of Science in the Early Twentieth Century |
| ISBN-13: | 9781787353930 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.14324/111.9781787353930 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.14324/111.9781787353930 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Text © Authors, 2018 Images © Copyright holders named in captions, 2018 This book is published under a Creative Commons CC BY-NC-SA license (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This license allows you to share, copy, redistribute and adapt the work for non-commercial use, provided the original author and source are credited and that modified versions use the same license. Attribution should include the following information: Bud et al. (eds.). 2018. Being Modern: The Cultural Impact of Science in the Early Twentieth Century. London: UCL Press. https://doi.org/10.14324/111.9781787353930 Further details about Creative Commons licenses are available at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/ This license does not cover third-party copyright material. It is the obligation of the user to ensure that any reuse complies with the copyright policies of the owner of that content as listed in the image captions and endnotes to quoted text. |
| Keywords: | History of Science, Modern, Culture |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Science and Technology Studies |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10057847 |
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