A vision of modern science : John Tyndall and the role of the scientist in Victorian culture / Ursula DeYoung.

New York, NY ; Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.

270 pages : illustrations, portraits, facsimiles ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-262) and index.

Tyndall's work as a scientist : practice and reception -- Tyndall's philosophy of science and nature : the influences of Carlyle, Emerson, Goethe, and Faraday -- Tyndall and theology : the definition and boundaries of science -- Tyndall as reformer : the place of science in education -- Science after Tyndall : the growth of university laboratories -- Conclusion : Scientists in British culture, 1870-1900.