New Open Access Book: Being Modern: The Cultural Impact of Science in the Early Twentieth Century
UCL Press is delighted to announce the publication of a brand new open
access book that may be of interest to list subscribers: Being Modern:
The Cultural Impact of Science in the Early Twentieth Century. Download
it free from: http://bit.ly/2ycca0B
About the book
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
was a critical part, and to supersede such tired formulations as
'Science and culture'.
About the editors
Robert Bud is Research Keeper at the
Science Museum in London. His award-winning publications in the history
of science include studies of biotechnology and scientific instruments. Paul Greenhalgh
is Director of the Sainsbury Centre at the University of East Anglia,
and Professor of Art History there. He has published extensively in the
history of art, design, and the decorative arts in the early modern
period. Frank James is Professor of History of Science
at the Royal Institution and University College London. His research
formerly centred on Faraday, but now focuses on Davy. Morag Shiach
is Professor of Cultural History at Queen Mary University of London.
She has published extensively on the cultural history of modernism and
on modernism and labour.