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The audience, economics, and geography of popular science
2017
Overview
Popular science gripped the imagination of people all over Europe in the eighteenth century and individuals peppered their conversations with facts, allusions, references, and analogies to current scientific discoveries and debates. When John Adams arrived in France to assume his new post as United States ambassador he immediately met scientifically literate people. Adams, who was a bit less versed in the ways of sociability than some of his predecessors, especially Benjamin Franklin, found himself in a social situation where his knowledge of the sciences led to a rather unusual conversation. One night at dinner, while in Bordeaux making preparations for
