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Visions of science : books and readers at the dawn of the Victorian age / James A. Secord.
- Title
- Visions of science : books and readers at the dawn of the Victorian age / James A. Secord.
- Author
- Secord, James A.
- Publication
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014.
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- Description
- xiii, 306 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- Whilst political and social events shook continental Europe, scientific developments were changing the way we understood the world. At the height of this change a series of remarkable books about science were published. In 'Visions of Science', Jim Secord explores a selection of these titles and how they were received, disseminated, and admired.
- Subject
- 1800-1899
- 1800-talet
- Scientific literature > History > 19th century
- English prose literature > 19th century > History and criticism
- Literature and science > Great Britain > History > 19th century
- Books and reading > Great Britain > History > 19th century
- Science in popular culture > Great Britain > History > 19th century
- Books and reading / Great Britain / History / 19th century
- English prose literature / 19th century / History and criticism
- Literature and science / Great Britain / History / 19th century
- Science in popular culture / Great Britain / History / 19th century
- Scientific literature / History / 19th century
- Buchmarkt
- Englisch
- Literatur
- Massenkultur
- Popularisierung
- Populärwissenschaftliche Darstellung
- Wissenschaft
- Großbritannien
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Fantastic voyages: Humphry Davy's Consolations in Travel -- The economy of intelligence: Charles Babbage's Reflections on the Decline of Science in England -- The conduct of everyday life: John Herschel's Preliminary Discourse on the Study of Natural Philosophy -- Mathematics for the million? Mary Somerville's On the Connexion of the Physical Sciences -- A philosophy for a new science: Charles Lyell's Principles of Geology -- The problem of mind: George Combe's Constitution of Man -- The torch of science: Thomas Carlyle's Sartor Resartus.
- ISBN
- 9780199675265 (hbk.)
- 0199675260 (hbk.)
- OCLC
- 868077588
- SCSB-12793771
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library