Doctoral Dissertation Research: Technological Wonder: The Theatrical Fashioning of Scientific Knowledge, 1838-1905

本论文项目是大众科学传播的历史研究，重点是科学理论和技术创新的传播，通过讲座，机械魔术表演，和戏剧表演在19世纪的英国。科学技术的表演经常在展览厅、大学、博物馆和剧院里进行，利用戏剧的表演技巧来吸引更广泛的公众。在特雷西·戴维斯博士和肯尼斯·奥尔德博士的指导下，艾琳·罗宾逊女士将探讨这些表演如何为非专业观众塑造科学理论和技术创新的方向。本课题将为当代英美科普传播提供历史基础。研究19世纪的公共表演将有助于研究人员将科学与戏剧实践结合起来，以造福公众。理解科学在媒体（如戏剧）中的重要性，可以为沟通和发展非专业交流的精细方法铺平道路，例如为所有专业提供科学史的戏剧展示或大学科学节目。

This dissertation project is a historical study of popular scientific communication, focusing on the dissemination of scientific theories and technological innovations through lectures, mechanical magic shows, and theatrical performances in nineteenth-century Britain. Performances of science and technologies were often put on display within exhibition halls, universities, museums, and theatres, utilizing theatrical techniques of spectacle to attract the wider public. Carried out under the supervision of Dr. Tracy Davis and Dr. Kenneth Alder, Ms. Aileen Robinson will explore how these performances fashioned orientations towards scientific theories and technological innovations for non-specialist audiences. This project will provide historical grounding for contemporary Anglo-American popular science communication. Examining nineteenth-century public performance will assist researchers in uniting science and theatrical practice for public benefit. Understanding the importance of science in the midst of media, such as theatre, can pave the way towards communicating and developing refined methods of non-specialist communication, such as in theatrical presentations of the history of science or university science programming for all majors.