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

  • DeYoung, Ursula.
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2011
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New York, NY ; Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.

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

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Contents

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.

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

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    History of Medicine
    BZP (Tyndall)
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  • 9780230110533
  • 0230110533