David Knight

Science in the Romantic Era (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

First published in 1998. The papers which compose this book have appeared in a wide range of books and journals; together with the new introduction they illuminate science and its context in the Romantic Era and follow its effects in the 19th century.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 366
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. März 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317242185
• Artikelnr.: 44873842

Autorenporträt

Multivolume collection by leading authors in the field

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword; Acknowledgements; Part One: What is History of Science; 1. The
History of Science in Britain: A Personal View 2. Background and
Foreground: Getting Things in Context; Part Two: Romantic Science; 3. The
Scientist as Sage 4. Romanticism and the Sciences 5. Steps Towards a
Dynamical Chemistry 6. The Physical Science and the Romantic Movement 7.
Chemistry, Physiology and Materialism in the Romantic Period 8. "Conquering
the Prejudice Adopted From the French School of Chemistry": the Science in
Britain in Gay-Lussac's Time; Part Three: Organization and Utility; 9.
Science and Professionalism in England, 1770-1830 10. Agriculture and
Chemistry in Britain around 1800 11. Tyrannies of Distance in British
Science 12. The Application of Enlightened Philosophy: Banks and the
Physical Sciences; Part Four: Pictures, Diagrams and Symbols; 13. A Note on
Sumptuous Natural Histories 14. Scientific Theory and Visual Language 15.
William Swainson: Types, Circles and Infinities 16. William Swainson:
Naturalist, Author and Illustrator 17. Ordering the World; 18. Pictures,
Diagrams and Symbols: Visual Language in Nineteenth-Century Chemistry;
Part Five: Scientific Language; 19. Accomplishment or Dogma: Chemistry in
the Introductory Works of Jane Marcet and Samuel Parkes 20. Lavoisier;
Discovery, Interpretation and Revolution 21. Words that Make Worlds
22. From Science to Wisdom: Humphry Davy's Life 23. Getting Science Across;
Part Six: Epilogue; 24. Science and Culture in Mid-Victorian Britain: The
Reviews and William Crookes' Quarterly Journal of Science 25. Observation,
Experiment, Theory - and the Spirits 26. Arthur James Balfour (1848-1930):
Scientism and Scepticism; Index