Richard Noakes (University of Exeter)

Broschiertes Buch

Physics and Psychics

Beschreibung

In this first systematic exploration of the intriguing connections between Victorian physical sciences and what we now call the paranormal, Richard Noakes challenges our view of the history of physics, and deepens our understandings of the relationships between science and the occult, and science and religion.

Autor

Richard Noakes is a leading historian of nineteenth and twentieth century sciences and technology at the University of Exeter. He is the co-editor of From Newton to Hawking: A History of Cambridge University's Lucasian Professors of Mathematics (Cambridge, 2003) and the co-author of Science in the Nineteenth Century Periodical: Reading the Magazine of Nature (Cambridge, 2004).

Produktdetails

• Science in History
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 420
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Juni 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 618g
• ISBN-13: 9781316638569
• ISBN-10: 1316638561
• Artikelnr.: 59763517