Imperial Nature: Joseph Hooker and the Practices of Victorian Science - Rilegato

Endersby, Jim

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ISBN 10: 0226207919 ISBN 13: 9780226207919

Casa editrice: Univ of Chicago Pr, 2008

Riassunto

Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817&;1911) was an internationally renowned botanist, a close friend and early supporter of Charles Darwin, and one of the first&;and most successful&;British men of science to become a full-time professional. He was also, Jim Endersby argues, the perfect embodiment of Victorian science. A vivid picture of the complex interrelationships of scientific work and scientific ideas, Imperial Nature gracefully uses one individual&;s career to illustrate the changing world of science in the Victorian era.
By analyzing Hooker&;s career, Endersby offers vivid insights into the everyday activities of nineteenth-century naturalists, considering matters as diverse as botanical illustration and microscopy, classification, and specimen transportation and storage, to reveal what they actually did, how they earned a living, and what drove their scientific theories. What emerges is a rare glimpse of Victorian scientific practices in action. By focusing on science&;s material practices and one of its foremost practitioners, Endersby ably links concerns about empire, professionalism, and philosophical practices to the forging of a nineteenth-century scientific identity.

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Jim Endersby is a lecturer in the history department at the University of Sussex.

Jim Endersby is a lecturer in the history department at the University of Sussex.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Univ of Chicago Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0226207919
• ISBN 13: 9780226207919
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 429
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile