How superstition won and science lost : popularizing science and health in the United States /

Burnham, John C. 1929-2017.

How superstition won and science lost : popularizing science and health in the United States / John C. Burnham. - New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, c1987. - xi, 369 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 263-356.

0813512387 : $35.00

86031360 //r93


Science news--History.--United States
Science--Social aspects--History.--United States
Superstition--History.--United States
Medical misconceptions--History.--United States
Science journalism--History.--United States
Popular culture--United States.

Q225 / .B87 1987

509.73