ISBN:
9780226481104
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (499 pages)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Victorian science in context
DDC:
306.450941
Keywords:
Science -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
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Great Britain ; Social conditions ; 19th century
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Science ; Great Britain ; History ; 19th century
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Electronic books
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Konferenzschrift 1995
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Großbritannien
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Naturwissenschaften
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Kultur
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Geschichte 1837-1901
Abstract:
Victorians were fascinated by the flood of strange new worlds that science was opening to them. Exotic plants and animals poured into London from all corners of the Empire, while revolutionary theories such as the radical idea that humans might be descended from apes drew crowds to heated debates. Men and women of all social classes avidly collected scientific specimens for display in their homes and devoured literature about science and its practitioners. Victorian Science in Context captures the essence of this fascination, charting the many ways in which science influenced and was influenced by the larger Victorian culture. Contributions from leading scholars in history, literature, and the history of science explore questions such as: What did science mean to the Victorians? For whom was Victorian science written? What ideological messages did it convey? The contributors show how practical concerns interacted with contextual issues to mold Victorian science-which in turn shaped much of the relationship between modern science and culture.
Abstract:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part One: Defining Knowledge -- 1. Defining Knowledge: An Introduction -- 2. The Construction of Orthodoxies and Heterodoxies in the Early Victorian Life Sciences -- 3. The Probable and the Possible in Early Victorian England -- 4. Victorian Economics and the Science of Mind -- 5. Biology and Politics: Defining the Boundaries -- 6. Redrawing the Boundaries: Darwinian Science and Victorian Women Intellectuals -- 7. Satire and Science in Victorian Culture -- Part Two: Ordering Nature -- 8. Ordering Nature: Revisioning Victorian Science Culture -- 9. "The Voices of Nature": Popularizing Victorian Science -- 10. Science and the Secularization of Victorian Images of Race -- 11. Elegant Recreations? Configuring Science Writing for Women -- 12. Strange New Worlds of Space and Time: Late Victorian Science and Science Fiction -- Part Three: Practicing Science -- 13. Practicing Science: An Introduction -- 14. Wallace's Malthusian Moment: The Common Context Revisited -- 15. Doing Science in a Global Empire: Cable Telegraphy and Electrical Physics in Victorian -- 16. Zoological Nomenclature and the Empire of Victorian Science -- 17. Remains of the Day: Early Victorians in the Field -- 18. Photography as Witness, Detective, and Impostor: Visual Representation in Victorian Science -- 19. Instrumentation and Interpretation: Managing and Representing the Working Environments of Victorian Experimental Science -- 20. Metrology, Metrication, and Victorian Values -- Contributors -- Index.
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