Visions of science : books and readers at the dawn of the Victorian age /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Secord, James A. (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2014.
Subjects:	Scientific literature > History > 19th century. Literature and science > Great Britain > History > 19th century. English prose literature > 19th century > History and criticism. Books and reading > Great Britain > History > 19th century. Science in popular culture > Great Britain > History > 19th century. Science > Great Britain > Historiography. Science > Great Britain > History > 19th century.

Table of Contents:

Introduction
Fantastic voyages : Humphry Davy's Consolations in travel
The economy of intelligence : Charles Babbage's Reflections on the decline of science in England
The conduct of everyday life : John Herschel's Preliminary discourse on the study of natural philosophy
Mathematics for the million? : Mary Somerville's On the connexion of the physical sciences
A philosophy for a new science : Charles Lyell's Principles of geology
The problem of mind : George Combe's Constitution of man
The torch of science : Thomas Carlyle's Sartor Resartus
Epilogue.