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Victorian popularizers of science : designing nature for new audiences /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lightman, Bernard V., 1950-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007.
Subjects:
Science > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Technical writing > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Great Britain > Social conditions > 19th century.
Online Access:Table of contents only
Publisher description
Table of Contents:
  • Historians, popularizers, and the Victorian scene
  • Anglican theologies of nature in a post-Darwinian era
  • Redefining the maternal tradition
  • The showmen of science : wood, pepper, and visual spectacle
  • The evolution of the evolutionary epic
  • The science periodical : Proctor and the conduct of "knowledge"
  • Practitioners enter the field : Huxley and Ball as popularizers
  • Science writing on New Grub Street
  • Conclusion: Remapping the terrain.