Science on the air : popularizers and personalities on radio and early television / Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette.

Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, [2008], ©2008.

x, 314 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-294) and index.

Tuxedos and microphones -- The radio nature league -- Syndicating science -- Cooperative ventures -- Shifting ground -- A twist of the dial -- Facts and fictionalizations -- Adventuring with scientists -- Broadcasting the voice of the atom -- Illusions of actuality -- Epilogue : entertaining lessons.