A Vision of Modern Science

John Tyndall and the Role of the Scientist in Victorian Culture

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Paperback, blz. | Engels
Palgrave Macmillan US | e druk, 2011
ISBN13: 9781349292974
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Palgrave Macmillan US e druk, 2011 9781349292974
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An examination of a pivotal moment in the history of science through the career and cultural impact of the historically neglected Victorian physicist John Tyndall, establishing him as an important figure of the period, whose scientific discoveries and philosophy of science in society are still relevant today.

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ISBN13:9781349292974
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:paperback
Uitgever:Palgrave Macmillan US

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Tyndall's Work as a Scientist: Practice and Reception Tyndall's Philosophy of Science and Nature: The Influences of Carlyle, Emerson, Goethe and Faraday Tyndall and Theology: The Definition and Boundaries of Science Tyndall as Reformer: The Place of Science in Education Science After Tyndall: The Growth of University Laboratories Conclusion: Scientists in British Culture, 1870-1900
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        A Vision of Modern Science