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The Australian Science Centre Movement 1980-2000: Part 1-Questacon, the National Science and Technology Centre

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dc.contributor.authorBryant, Christopher
dc.contributor.authorGore, Michael
dc.contributor.authorStocklmayer, Susan
dc.date.accessioned2016-06-14T23:20:28Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.date.updated2016-06-14T08:49:18Z
dc.description.abstractPart 1: Scholarly concerns over science communication and in particular public attitudes towards and engagement with science have continued for almost half a century, but the establishment of a 'hands-on' science centre in Canberra in 1980 put practice ahead of theory and led to the building of Questacon - the National Science and Technology Centre in 1988. The driving force behind this development was Australian National University physicist Dr Mike Gore. Funding came from the Australian and Japanese Governments - the latter a bicentennial gift - and a team of 'explainers' at the centre helped visitors to appreciate that this science centre was not a museum but a place where science had a human face.
dc.identifier.issn0727-3061
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/103390
dc.publisherAustralian Academy of Science
dc.rightsCoding needs to be confirmed by Academic
dc.sourceHistorical Records of Australian Science
dc.titleThe Australian Science Centre Movement 1980-2000: Part 1-Questacon, the National Science and Technology Centre
dc.typeJournal article
local.bibliographicCitation.issue2
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage132
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage122
local.contributor.affiliationBryant, Christopher, College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, ANU
local.contributor.affiliationGore, Michael, College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, ANU
local.contributor.affiliationStocklmayer, Susan, College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, ANU
local.contributor.authoruidBryant, Christopher, u6300329
local.contributor.authoruidGore, Michael, u6200265
local.contributor.authoruidStocklmayer, Susan, u9600279
local.description.embargo2037-12-31
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.identifier.absfor160808 - Sociology and Social Studies of Science and Technology
local.identifier.absfor210303 - Australian History (excl. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander History)
local.identifier.ariespublicationU3488905xPUB6756
local.identifier.citationvolume26
local.identifier.doi10.1071/HR15008
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-84947264818
local.type.statusPublished Version

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