Abstract
During the second half of the 19th century, science journalists and not professional scientists established many of the traditions of contemporary popular science. For the first time, there was an explosion of publications in popular science, as the rise of a mass reading public and new printing technologies combined to create a viable market that could be exploited by publishers. As professional scientists were trying to edge women and Christian clergymen out of science, a new space opened up for those with little or no formal training to forge careers in science journalism. These popularizers of science developed new narrative techniques and drew on vivid visual images to present audiences with stories of a natural world of wonder and divine activity.
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