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Lynn Poole (August 11, 1910 – April 14, 1969) was the creator and host of an early U.S. science television program, ''The Johns Hopkins Science Review'' (1948–1955), and the author of more than 20 popular science books.〔〔 In 2002, Patrick Lucanio and Gary Coville wrote that "In retrospect, Lynn Poole created one of those unique series that allowed television to fulfill its idealized mission as both an educational and an entertainment medium."〔 The "pioneering program" made Poole a "surprise star". Marcel LaFollette argues that contemporary science television such as ''NOVA'' and the Discovery Channel are derived from the innovations of Poole and others.〔 Poole was born in Eagle Grove, Iowa. He received his bachelor's degree from Western Reserve University in 1936, and a master's degree in 1937. In 1938 he joined the staff of the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore, where he directed the education department. In 1941 he married Gray Johnson, then working as a journalist at ''The Evening Sun''.〔 Following service during World War II as a public relations officer for the VII Bomber Command, in 1946 he joined Johns Hopkins University as its first director of public relations.〔 ==''The Johns Hopkins Science Review''== (詳細はlive television program ''The Johns Hopkins Science Review'' in 1948. Poole was not educated as a scientist, but he nonetheless wrote most of the programs, and acted as its on-air host and interviewer. As LaFollete describes it, he was a "new phenotype" and "created the persona of the scientist's facile promoter and authoritative interpreter."〔 Each week's half-hour show typically introduced one or more guests, often from the Johns Hopkins faculty and staff. The guest might show how a scientific apparatus such an electron microscope or an oscilloscope worked, or would briefly explain scientific ideas to the viewers. In the December 5, 1950 episode, the live broadcast of a fluoroscope screen was used by doctors in New York and Chicago to diagnose the injuries to a machinist in the hospital in Baltimore. This show demonstrated the medical possibilities both of the fluoroscope and of television itself.〔Lucanio and Coville (2002) discuss this show at length, pp. 112–113.〕 In the April 21, 1952 episode, a scientist drank a solution containing the radioactive isotope of iodine, and then followed its progress in his own body with a Geiger counter. Poole occasionally did demonstrations himself, such as eating a grasshopper on live television. The guests included national figures like rocket scientist Wernher von Braun (October 20, 1952). Some shows served as conduits for public information, as in the show of April 3, 1951 on biological warfare, which featured Norman Kiefer of the Federal Civil Defense Administration.〔〔 Lucanio and Coville have written, "What is unique about the series is that in a time of political and social conservatism, ''Science Review'' tackled controversial issues with a seeming lack of concern for any possible repercussions. While other shows sidestepped the use of the word "pregnant", for example, ''Science Review'' was amazingly forthright in showing the first live birth on television. In a related episode, ''Science Review'' presented a straightforward program demonstrating to women viewers how to examine themselves for breast cancer, and then went on to talk frankly about mastectomies."〔 From 1950 to 1955, the program was syndicated nationally by the DuMont Television Network, and won Peabody Awards in 1950 (honorable mention) and 1952.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.peabody.uga.edu/winners/winners_1950s.php )〕 Poole produced three successor series through 1960, when Johns Hopkins ended production. Kinescope films survived for many episodes of these series, which is unusual for early live television. Copies have been archived at the Johns Hopkins library.〔 Poole documented the techniques he developed for television programming devoted to science in a 1950 book, ''Science via Television''. LaFollette notes that, "Production approaches that are now standard practice on ''NOVA'' and the Discovery Channel derive, in fact, from experimentation by television pioneers like Lynn Poole and Don Herbert and such programs as ''Adventure'', ''Zoo Parade'', ''Science in Action'', and the Bell Telephone System's science specials. These early efforts were also influenced by television's love of the dramatic, refined during its first decade and continuing to shape news and public affairs programming, as well as fiction and fantasy, today."〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lynn Poole」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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