Innocent Experiments: Childhood and the Culture of Popular Science in the United States

by Rebecca Onion

Book Overview

From the 1950s to the digital age, Americans have pushed their children to live science-minded lives, cementing scientific discovery and youthful curiosity as inseparable ideals. In this multifaceted work, historian Rebecca Onion examines the rise of informal children's science education in the twentieth century, from the proliferation of home chemistry sets after World War I to the century-long boom in child-centered science museums. Onion looks...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 146962947X
• ISBN13: 9781469629476
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 2.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 9.3"