Victorian popularizers of science : designing nature for new audiences / Bernard Lightman.
Published / Created:
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2007.
Physical Description:
xvi, 545 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Related Content:
Table of contents only
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0714/2007015179-t.html
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 503-533) and index.
Contents:
Historians, popularizers, and the Victorian scene -- Anglican theologies of nature in a post-Darwinian era -- Redefining the maternal tradition -- The showmen of science : wood, pepper, and visual spectacle -- The evolution of the evolutionary epic -- The science periodical : Proctor and the conduct of "knowledge" -- Practitioners enter the field : Huxley and Ball as popularizers -- Science writing on New Grub Street -- Conclusion: Remapping the terrain.
Subject Terms:
Science -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century. | Technical writing -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century. | Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 19th century.