Reading the Book of Nature : How Eight Best Sellers Reconnected Christianity and the Sciences on the Eve of the Victorian Age /

A powerful reimagining of the world in which a young Charles Darwin developed his theory of evolution. When Charles Darwin returned to Britain from the Beagle voyage in 1836, the most talked-about scientific books of the day were the Bridgewater Treatises. This series of eight works was funded by a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Topham, Jonathan R. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2022]
Temas:
Books and reading > England > History > 19th century.
Religion and science > England > History > 19th century.
SCIENCE / General.
Bridgewater Treatises, Charles Darwin, book history, Christianity, Victorian, communication revolution, second scientific revolution, natural theology, conflict thesis, popular science.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Note for Teachers
  • Introduction. Reading the Book of Nature
  • Prelude. Trouble over Bridgewater
  • Part I. Writing
  • Part II. Publishing
  • Part III. Reading
  • Conclusion. "The Fashionable Reign of the Bridgewater Treatises"
  • Acknowledgments
  • Appendix A: Note on Currency and the Value of Money
  • Appendix B: British Editions of the Bridgewater Treatises
  • Appendix C: British Reviews of the Bridgewater Treatises, 1833- 38
  • Works Cited
  • Index

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