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| Named Person: | John Tyndall; John Tyndall |
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| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Ursula DeYoung |
| ISBN: | 9780230110533 0230110533 |
| OCLC Number: | 662407327 |
| Description: | 270 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. |
| Contents: | 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. |
| Series Title: | Palgrave studies in the history of science and technology. |
| Responsibility: | Ursula DeYoung. |
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"In her book-length study of an important--but somewhat neglected--Victorian physicist, Ursula DeYoung has illuminated the many facets of John Tyndall's life and thought. The heart of the book is her compelling insight into the central irony of Tyndall's career: his success in changing the nature of science, and redefining its place in British culture, was achieved at the cost of his own reputation. Engaging and challenging, this is an important contribution to our understanding of how Tyndall's generation transformed science forever."-- Bernard Lightman, Science and Technology Studies, York University, author of "Victorian Popularizers of Science" "Compared to Humphry Davy and Michael Faraday, his predecessors at the Royal Institution, John Tyndall has been neglected in the historical literature. DeYoung provides a much needed corrective which above all shows the crucial role that Tyndall played in developing our idea of what constitutes modern science and its place in society."--Frank A. J. L. James, Professor of the History of Science at the Royal Institution, London<br> Read more...

