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Geoffrey N. Cantor

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Description:Nineteenth-century Britain saw an explosion of periodical literature, with thepublication of over 100,000 different magazines and newspapers for a growing market of eagerreaders. The Victorian periodical press became an important medium for the dissemination ofscientific ideas. Every major scientific advance in the nineteenth century was trumpeted andanalyzed in periodicals ranging from intellectual quarterlies such as the Edinburgh Review topopular weeklies like the Mirror of Literature, from religious periodicals such as the EvangelicalMagazine to the atheistic Oracle of Reason. Scientific articles appeared side by side with thelatest fiction or political reporting, while articles on nonscientific topics and serialized novelsinvoked scientific theories or used analogies drawn from science.The essays collected in ScienceSerialized examine the variety of ways in which the nineteenth-century periodical press representedscience to both general and specialized readerships. They explore the role of scientific controversyin the press and the cultural politics of publication. Subject range from the presentation of botanyin women's magazines to the highly public dispute between Darwin and Samuel Butler, and fromdiscussions of the mind-body problem to those of energy physics. Contributors include leadingscholars in the fields of history of science and literature: Ann B. Shteir, Jonathan Topham, FrankA. J. L. James, Roger Smith, Graeme Gooday, Crosbie Smith, Ian Higginson, Gillian Beer, BernardLightman, Helen Small, Gowan Dawson, Jonathan Smith, James G. Paradis, and Harriet Ritvo.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Science Serialized: Representations of the Sciences in Nineteenth-Century Periodicals (Dibner Institute Studies in the History of Science and Technology). To get started finding Science Serialized: Representations of the Sciences in Nineteenth-Century Periodicals (Dibner Institute Studies in the History of Science and Technology), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Nineteenth-century Britain saw an explosion of periodical literature, with thepublication of over 100,000 different magazines and newspapers for a growing market of eagerreaders. The Victorian periodical press became an important medium for the dissemination ofscientific ideas. Every major scientific advance in the nineteenth century was trumpeted andanalyzed in periodicals ranging from intellectual quarterlies such as the Edinburgh Review topopular weeklies like the Mirror of Literature, from religious periodicals such as the EvangelicalMagazine to the atheistic Oracle of Reason. Scientific articles appeared side by side with thelatest fiction or political reporting, while articles on nonscientific topics and serialized novelsinvoked scientific theories or used analogies drawn from science.The essays collected in ScienceSerialized examine the variety of ways in which the nineteenth-century periodical press representedscience to both general and specialized readerships. They explore the role of scientific controversyin the press and the cultural politics of publication. Subject range from the presentation of botanyin women's magazines to the highly public dispute between Darwin and Samuel Butler, and fromdiscussions of the mind-body problem to those of energy physics. Contributors include leadingscholars in the fields of history of science and literature: Ann B. Shteir, Jonathan Topham, FrankA. J. L. James, Roger Smith, Graeme Gooday, Crosbie Smith, Ian Higginson, Gillian Beer, BernardLightman, Helen Small, Gowan Dawson, Jonathan Smith, James G. Paradis, and Harriet Ritvo.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Science Serialized: Representations of the Sciences in Nineteenth-Century Periodicals (Dibner Institute Studies in the History of Science and Technology). To get started finding Science Serialized: Representations of the Sciences in Nineteenth-Century Periodicals (Dibner Institute Studies in the History of Science and Technology), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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