David F. Channell

George Wilson's Vision of Early Victorian Science and Technology

Unity in Variety

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This volume is a comprehensive study of George Wilson, a leading advocate for evangelical science and for the role of biology in technology - it examines his work to develop a unitary vision of Victorian science and technology by drawing upon religion, transcendental natural history and Baconian philosophy

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 228
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Mai 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 354g
• ISBN-13: 9781032079530
• ISBN-10: 1032079533
• Artikelnr.: 70349321

Autorenporträt

David F. Channell received his Ph.D. in the history of science and technology from Case Western Reserve University. He is on the faculty of the University of Texas at Dallas where he is Professor of History/History of Ideas. He has authored six books on the history of science and technology.

Inhaltsangabe

1. A New Variety: Science and Technology in the First Half of the
Nineteenth Century 2. From Medicine to Chemistry: Wilson's Early Years 3.
Unity in Variety: Wilson's Theology of Nature 4. Wilson's Methodology of
Science 5. The Eye and the Hand: Wilson's Biological View of Technology 6.
Wilson's Industrial Museum 7. Epilogue: Victorian Science and Technology
after George Wilson