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SUMMARY:Amateurs and pros(e): growing pains in twentieth century natural h
 istory publishing - Peter Bowler (Queen's University Belfast)
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CONTACT:David Allan Feller
DESCRIPTION:A common belief among historians of natural history is that by
  the late nineteenth century\, the development of disciplines had narrowed
  scientific writing to a professional audience\, and that professional sci
 entists no longer wrote for a nonspecialist readership.   Not So! Says Pet
 er Bowler (Queen’s University\, Belfast).  The thin boundary between ‘
 biologists’ and ‘naturalists’ was still permeable\, and there were m
 any early twentieth century professional biologists\, \, such as Julian Hu
 xley\, who presented natural history to a general readership.  How did the
 y find their way into the world of non-specialist writing?  How did they b
 alance their writing activity against the demands of their professional ca
 reers?  Professor Bowler enlightens us on an important issue in the develo
 pment of professional science.
LOCATION:Seminar Room 1\, Department of History and Philosophy of Science
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