Expanding the American mind books and the popularization of knowledge
"Over the past fifty years, knowledge of the natural world, history, and human behavior has expanded dramatically. What has been learned in the academy has become part of political discourse, sermons, and everyday conversation. The dominant medium for transferring knowledge from universities to...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amherst :
University of Massachusetts Press
2010.
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| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
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| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b35564659*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Non : the prefix that changes what, and how, we read
- A brief history of popularization
- A highly educated public
- From Snow to Sokal
- Academic philanthropists
- Writing to be read
- From author to reader
- Why we read.
