William Robert Grove : Victorian gentleman of science / Iwan Rhys Morus.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Morus, Iwan Rhys, 1964- author.

Series:

Scientists of Wales

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grove, W. R. (William Robert), 1811-1896.

Grove, W. R.

Scientists--Wales--Biography.

Scientists.

Wales.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

172 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cardiff : University of Wales Press, 2017.

Summary:

This book provides an accessible and authoritative biography of the Welsh man of science, William Robert Grove, an important and highly influential Victorian figure. His career as both man of science and leading barrister and judge spanned the Victorian age, and he also played a vital role in the movement to reform the Royal Society. This biography will set Grove's career and contributions in context, paying particular attention to the important role of Welsh industrial culture in the formation of his scientific outlook. The place of science in culture changed radically during the course of the nineteenth century, and Grove himself played a key role in some of those transformations. Looking at his life in science, however, can do more than illuminate an individual scientific career - it can offer a way of gaining new insights into the changing face of Victorian science. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 A Scientific People 7

2 The Metropolis of Science 23

3 The Correlation of Physical Forces 43

4 Scientific Reform 65

5 Swansea Science 85

6 Unifying Science 103

7 A Scientific Statesman 121.

ISBN:

1786830043

9781786830043

9781786830203

1786830205

OCLC:

979510867