ABSTRACT
In this book, we have dealt with science and technology communication processes, which for several reasons have occupied a double peripheral position in the historiography of our discipline. The introductory chapters of this volume showed that the ‘popularization of science and technology’ has been considered a marginal field for a long time; a field focusing on processes of the diffusion of scientific knowledge and a mere complement to studies of the production of ‘science proper’. In addition, our focus on countries that have not played a leading role in the emergence of modern science and technology seems to extend this marginality geographically.
