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Geographies of knowledge : science, scale, and spatiality in the nineteenth century / edited by Robert J. Mayhew and Charles W. J. Withers.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Medicine, science, and religion in historical context.
- Medicine, science, and religion in historical context
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Science--History--19th century.
- Science.
- Scientific expeditions--History--19th century.
- Scientific expeditions.
- Intellectual life--History.
- Intellectual life.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (288 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2020.
- Summary:
- "This collection of essays addresses the role of space in the construction and dissemination of scientific ideas in the nineteenth century. The essays pay particular attention to the role of scale, ranging from the local scale of the Surrey countryside to the global spatiality of the prime meridian. The collection opens new avenues for studying the ways that science was a geographically situated set of practices in the nineteenth century"-- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-4214-3855-0
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