News from Mars - Mass Media and the Forging of a New Astronomy, 1860-1910

Provides an account of the late nineteenth century mass media's fascination with Mars, revealing how major transformations in astronomical practice across Britain and America were inextricably tied to popular scientific culture and a new transatlantic news economy.

About the author

Joshua Nall is curator of modern sciences at the Whipple Museum of the History of Science in the Department of the History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge. He is a fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society, where he serves as chair of the society's Heritage Committee.

Summary

Explores a Transatlantic News Economy That Circulated Information and Actively Shaped New Claims about the Red Planet

Product details

• Authors: Joshua Nall
• Publisher: University Of Pittsburgh Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2019
• EAN: 9780822945529
• ISBN: 978-0-8229-4552-9
• No. of pages: 312
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 231 mm x 30 mm
• Weight: 522 g
• Series: Sci & Culture in the Nineteent; Sci & Culture in the Nineteent; Science & Culture in the Nineteenth Century; Sci & Culture in the Nineteenth Century
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Astronomy