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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hoffenberg, Peter H., 1960- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2019]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Science.
Exhibitions.
SCIENCE > General.
Sciences > Expositions.
Sciences > Australie > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Science > Exhibitions.
Science > Australia > History > 19th century.
Exhibitions > History > 19th century.
Exhibitions > Australia > History > 19th century.
Australia.
History.
Exhibition catalogs.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:"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"--
Physical Description:1 online resource (204 pages).
ISBN:9780822987062

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