Visions of Science: Books and readers at the dawn of the Victorian age - Rilegato

Secord, James

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ISBN 10: 0199675260 ISBN 13: 9780199675265

Casa editrice: OUP Oxford, 2014

Riassunto

The early 1830s witnessed an extraordinary transformation in British political, literary, and intellectual life. New scientific disciplines begin to take shape, while new concepts of the natural world were hotly debated. James Secord, Director of the Darwin Correspondence Project, captures this unique moment of change by exploring key books, including Charles Lyell's Principles of Geology, Mary Somerville's Connexion of the Physical Sciences, and Thomas Carlyle's satirical work, Sartor Resartus. Set in the context of electoral reform and debates about the extension of education to meet the demands of the coming age of empire and industry, Secord shows how the books were published, disseminated, admired, attacked and satirized.

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Informazioni sull?autore

James Secord is Professor of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge, Director of the Darwin Correspondence Project, and a fellow of Christ's College. His research and teaching is on the history of science from the late eighteenth century to the present. He has published several books, including Controversy in Victorian Geology (Princeton, 1986) and editions of the works of Mary Somerville, Charles Lyell, and Robert Chambers. Victorian Sensation: The Extraordinary Publication, Reception, and Secret Authorship of Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation (Chicago, 2000), an account of the public debates about evolution in the mid-nineteenth century, won the Pfizer Prize of the History of Science Society and the award for the best book in history from the Association of American Publishers' Professional/Scholarly Publishing Division.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: OUP Oxford
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0199675260
• ISBN 13: 9780199675265
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero di pagine: 320
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile