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Victorian popularizers of science : designing nature for new audiences / Bernard Lightman.
LIBRA Q127.G4 L54 2007
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lightman, Bernard V., 1950-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Science--Great Britain--History--19th century.
- Science.
- Technical writing.
- History.
- Great Britain.
- Technical writing--Great Britain--History--19th century.
- Great Britain--Social conditions--19th century.
- Social conditions.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 545 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007.
- Contents:
- Historians, popularizers, and the Victorian scene
- Anglican theologies of nature in a post-Darwinian era
- Redefining the maternal tradition
- The showmen of science : wood, pepper, and visual spectacle
- The evolution of the evolutionary epic
- The science periodical : Proctor and the conduct of "knowledge"
- Practitioners enter the field : Huxley and Ball as popularizers
- Science writing on New Grub Street
- Conclusion: Remapping the terrain.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 503-533) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780226481180
- 0226481182
- OCLC:
- 123029811
- Online:
- Publisher description
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