A science of our own : exhibitions and the rise of Australian public science /

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"When the Reverend Henry Carmichael opened the Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts in 1833, he introduced a bold directive: for Australia to advance on the scale of nations, it needed to develop a science of its own. Prominent scientists in the colonies of New South Wales and Victoria answere...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hoffenberg, Peter H., 1960- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2019]
Colección:Science and culture in the nineteenth century.
Temas:
1800-1899
Exhibitions > Australia > History > 19th century.
Exhibitions > History > 19th century.
Science > Australia > History > 19th century.
Science > Exhibitions.
Sciences > Australie > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Sciences > Expositions.
SCIENCE > General.
Exhibitions.
Science.
Australia.
Exhibition catalogs.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"When the Reverend Henry Carmichael opened the Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts in 1833, he introduced a bold directive: for Australia to advance on the scale of nations, it needed to develop a science of its own. Prominent scientists in the colonies of New South Wales and Victoria answered this call by participating in popular exhibitions far and near, from London's Crystal Place in 1851 to Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, and Brisbane during the final decades of the nineteenth century"--
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780822987062
0822987066

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