Nature exposed : photography as eyewitness in Victorian science / Jennifer Tucker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tucker, Jennifer, 1965-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Photography--Scientific applications--History--19th century.

Photography.

Evidence--History--19th century.

Evidence.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (307 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005.

Summary:

Recovering the controversies and commentary surrounding the early creation of scientific photography and drawing on a wide range of new sources and critical theories, Tucker establishes a greater understanding of the rich visual culture of Victorian science and alternative forms of knowledge, including psychical research.

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""1 Constructing Science and Brotherhood in Photographic Culture""; ""2 Testing the Unity of Science and Fraternity""; ""3 Acquiring a Scientific Eye""; ""4 Photography of the Invisible""; ""5 Photographic Evidence and Mass Culture""; ""Epilogue: Enlarging the Concept of Photographic Evidence""; ""Notes""; ""Essay on Sources""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""V""; ""W""; ""X""; ""Z""

Notes:

Johns Hopkins paperback edition, 2013.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-4214-1321-3

OCLC:

855524855