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Languages : en
Pages : 1178

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Author: Carin Berkowitz
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN: 0822982757
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 384

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Winner, Outstanding Academic Title 2017, Choice Magazine The nineteenth century witnessed a dramatic shift in the display and dissemination of natural knowledge across Britain and America, from private collections of miscellaneous artifacts and objects to public exhibitions and state-sponsored museums. The science museum as we know it—an institution of expert knowledge built to inform a lay public—was still very much in formation during this dynamic period. Science Museums in Transition provides a nuanced, comparative study of the diverse places and spaces in which science was displayed at a time when science and spectacle were still deeply intertwined; when leading naturalists, curators, and popular showmen were debating both how to display their knowledge and how and whether they should profit from scientific work; and when ideals of nationalism, class politics, and democracy were permeating the museum’s walls. Contributors examine a constellation of people, spaces, display practices, experiences, and politics that worked not only to define the museum, but to shape public science and scientific knowledge. Taken together, the chapters in this volume span the Atlantic, exploring private and public museums, short and long-term exhibitions, and museums built for entertainment, education, and research, and in turn raise a host of important questions, about expertise, and about who speaks for nature and for history.

Author: Pamela Bluh
Publisher: Assoc for Libr Collections & Tech Svc
ISBN: 9780838986615
Category : Institutional repositories
Languages : es
Pages : 0

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Publicación que reúne consejos dados por expertos para crear, implementar y mantener repositorios institucionales. También se trata el tema de las políticas llevadas a cabo sobre derechos de autor.

Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
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Category : Nuclear facilities
Languages : en
Pages : 770

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Author: Wesleyan University (Middletown, Conn.)
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 850

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Author: Wesleyan University (Middletown, Conn.)
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Languages : en
Pages : 866

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Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1398

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Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Dept. of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1798

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Author: M. Sleeboom-Faulkner
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 113731740X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 242

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Empirical studies of life science research and biotechnologies in Asia show how assemblages of life articulate bioethics governance with global moralities and reveal why the global harmonization of bioethical standards is contrived.

Author: Kenneth A. Rogers
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317170148
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 218

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This well-documented study examines one of the increasingly pressing problems for US homeland security: the storage and management of radioactive waste. Despite pressing homeland security and energy security concerns associated with highly radioactive waste, political considerations have prevented policy makers from adopting adequate long-term solutions to the problem. This book explores nuclear waste problems through the broader lens of federal, state and local government and the resultant constraints on policy that emerge within the American political system. Presenting specific case studies to highlight the deficiencies in current policy and planning as well as the possibility of terrorist activity, it is highly suited to courses on security studies and environmental politics.