| Book Review | The American Historical Review, 108.1

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John L. Rudolph. Scientists in the Classroom: The Cold War Reconstruction of American Science Education. New York: Palgrave. 2002. Pp. ix, 262. Cloth $65.00, paper $22.95.

From my high school physics class, I have fond memories of the Physical Science Study Committee (PSSC) film "Frames of Reference," in which the genial and witty Professors Hume and Ivey of the University of Toronto physics department demonstrated the principles of relativity. "Frames of Reference" was one of dozens of PSSC films made in the 1950s as part of the National Science Foundation's effort to remake science education in Cold War America. John L. Rudolph's compact, well-researched volume brings to light the intriguing history behind these films and other curricular materials through an examination of the political and cultural motivations behind professional scientists' involvement in the PSSC and its biological equivalent, the Biological Sciences Curriculum Study (BSCS). . . .

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