A vision of modern science : John Tyndall and the role of the scientist in Victorian culture /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2011.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Series: | Palgrave studies in the history of science and technology
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Table of 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.