Selling Science in the Colonial American Newspaper: How the Middle Colonial American General Periodical Represented Nature, Philosophy, Medicine, and Technology, 1728 - 1765

This study examines the character of colonial American newspaper science to understand how and to what extent the newspaper contributed to the movement of information between those engaged in science and the public. It explores the issue of the origins of science and the press in America and charact...

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Main Author: Ferro, David L.
Other Authors: Science and Technology Studies
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/27585
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-05082001-010142/