Wonder Shows Performing Science, Magic, and Religion in America |
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| Author:
| Nadis, Fred |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8135-8360-0 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2005 |
| Publisher: | Rutgers University Press
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $26.95 |
Book Description:
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In Wonder Shows, Fred Nadis offers a colorful history of these traveling magicians, inventors, popular science lecturers, and other presenters of "miracle science" who revealed science and technology to the public in awe-inspiring fashion. The book provides an innovative synthesis of the history of performance with a wider study of culture, science, and religion from the antebellum period to the present.
In Wonder Shows, Fred Nadis offers a colorful history of these traveling magicians, inventors, popular science lecturers, and other presenters of "miracle science" who revealed science and technology to the public in awe-inspiring fashion. The book provides an innovative synthesis of the history of performance with a wider study of culture, science, and religion from the antebellum period to the present.