A science of our own : exhibitions and the rise of Australian public science / Peter Hoffenberg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hoffenberg, Peter H., 1960- author.

Series:

Science and culture in the nineteenth century.

Science and culture in the nineteenth century

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Exhibitions--Australia--History--19th century.

Exhibitions.

Exhibitions--History--19th century.

Science--Australia--History--19th century.

Science.

Science--Exhibitions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (205 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2019]

Summary:

"When the Reverend Henry Carmichael opened the Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts in 1833, he introduced a bold directive: for Australia to advance on the scale of nations, it needed to develop a science of its own. Prominent scientists in the colonies of New South Wales and Victoria answered this call by participating in popular exhibitions far and near, from London's Crystal Place in 1851 to Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, and Brisbane during the final decades of the nineteenth century"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

One - "Nearly All Possible and Impossible Things Under the Sun"

Two - "Men Who Are an Ornament to Science"

Three - "From the Empire of Plants I Have Always Endeavoured"

Four - "Dwellers in the Desert Living in Tents"

Five - "The Physical, Social, and Moral Conditions of Man"

Conclusions

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780822987062

0822987066