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Science in Wonderland: The scientific fairy tales of Victorian Britain Illustrated Edition

by Melanie Keene (Author)
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In Victorian Britain an array of writers captured the excitement of new scientific discoveries, and enticed young readers and listeners into learning their secrets, by converting introductory explanations into quirky, charming, and imaginative fairy-tales; forces could be fairies, dinosaurs could be dragons, and looking closely at a drop of water revealed a soup of monsters.

Science in Wonderland explores how these stories were presented and read. Melanie Keene introduces and analyses a range of Victorian scientific fairy-tales, from nursery classics such as The Water-Babies to the little-known Wonderland of Evolution, or the story of insect lecturer Fairy Know-a-Bit. In exploring the ways in which authors and translators - from Hans Christian Andersen and Edith Nesbit to the pseudonymous 'A.L.O.E.' and 'Acheta Domestica' - reconciled the differing demands of factual accuracy and fantastical narratives, Keene asks why the fairies and their tales were chosen as an appropriate new form for capturing and presenting scientific and technological knowledge to young audiences. Such stories, she argues, were an important way in which authors and audiences criticised, communicated, and celebrated contemporary scientific ideas, practices, and objects.
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  1. ISBN-10
    0199662657
  2. ISBN-13
    978-0199662654
  3. Edition
    Illustrated
  4. Publisher
    Oxford University Press
  5. Publication date
    May 26, 2015
  6. Language
    English
  7. Dimensions
    8.6 x 1.1 x 5.6 inches
  8. Print length
    242 pages
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  • Celia Berrell
    4.0 out of 5 stars Where chemical fairies finish, Science Rhymes follows
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 15, 2015
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    A comprehensive history of the various literary strategies used to engage children in scientific concepts. I met fond friends from the past and realise I am attempting similar projects with Science Rhymes. Melanie Keene gets to the point and reveals the undercurrents that make so much sense within Victorian children's classics.
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    Great book!
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