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Regionalizing science : placing knowledges in Victorian England /

Victorian England, as is well known, produced an enormous amount of scientific endeavour, but what has previously been overlooked is the important role of geography on these developments. This book seeks to rectify this imbalance by presenting a historical geography of regional science.

Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Naylor, Simon (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2016]
Collection:Science and culture in the nineteenth century ; no. 11.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 1. Confined to a small round
  • 2. Healthy recreation and headwork
  • 3. The sweet road to improvement
  • 4. The depths of the billows
  • 5. A large natural green house of England
  • 6. More facts, more remains
  • 7. A furious tempest.