Visions of Science
Oxford University Press

Visions of Science

Subjects: History, History
ISBN13: 9780199675265
Published: 08 Apr 2014

Format - Hardback
By Secord, Jim

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Visions of Science

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Sale price A$45.36 Regular price A$46.76
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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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