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| Genre/Form: | Geschichte 1800-1900 Periodicals Périodiques |
|---|---|
| Material Type: | Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
G N Cantor; Sally Shuttleworth |
| ISBN: | 0262033186 9780262033183 |
| OCLC Number: | 52878881 |
| Description: | vi, 358 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | 'Let us examine the flower': botany in women's magazines, 1800-1830 / Ann B. Shteir -- Science, natural theology, and the practice of Christian piety in early-nineteenth-century religious magazines / Jonathan R. Topham -- Reporting Royal Institution lectures, 1826-1867 / Frank A.J.L. James -- The physiology of the will: mind, body, and psychology in the periodical literature, 1855-1875 / Roger Smith -- Sunspots, weather, and the unseen universe: Balfour Stewart's anti-materialist representation of 'energy' in British periodicals / Graeme Gooday -- 'Improvised Europeans': science and reform in the North American review, 1865-1880 / Crosbie Smith and Ian Higginson -- The Academy: Europe in England / Gillian Beer -- Scientists as materialists in the periodical press: Tyndall's Belfast address / Bernard Lightman -- Science, liberalism, and the ethics of belief: the Contemporary review in 1877 / Helen Small -- Victorian periodicals and the making of William Kingdon Clifford's posthumous reputation / Gowan Dawson -- Grant Allen, physiological aesthetics, and the dissemination of Darwin's botany / Jonathan Smith -- The Butler-Darwin biographical controversy in the Victorian periodical press / James G. Paradis -- Understanding audiences and misunderstanding audiences: some publics for science / Harriet Ritvo. |
| Series Title: | Dibner Institute studies in the history of science and technology. |
| Responsibility: | edited by Geoffrey Cantor and Sally Shuttleworth. |
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Abstract:
Essays examining the ways in which the Victorian periodical press presented the scientific developments of the time to general and specialized audiences.
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