Repositioning Victorian Sciences: Shifting Centres in Nineteenth-century Scientific ThinkingDavid Clifford An intriguing look at the marginal sciences of the nineteenth century and their influence on the culture of the period. |
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... scientist had only recently been introduced by William Whewell . While the gentlemen of science may not have earned their living as scientists , they had a definite view of science they wanted to promote . They wanted 40 REPOSITIONING ...
... scientist had only recently been introduced by William Whewell . While the gentlemen of science may not have earned their living as scientists , they had a definite view of science they wanted to promote . They wanted 40 REPOSITIONING ...
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... scientists of the period in order to prove that a lack of professionalism had apparently not put paid to discoveries of enormous magnitude . Charles Darwin and William Crookes , for example , were only two among many , who remained ...
... scientists of the period in order to prove that a lack of professionalism had apparently not put paid to discoveries of enormous magnitude . Charles Darwin and William Crookes , for example , were only two among many , who remained ...
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... scientist , professional scientists had to reinvent the symbolism of their architecture , their investiga- tive practices , and the methods by which their community represented itself to society . From the building of the first ...
... scientist , professional scientists had to reinvent the symbolism of their architecture , their investiga- tive practices , and the methods by which their community represented itself to society . From the building of the first ...
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Ruskins Geology After 1860 | 17 |
Sea Serpents | 31 |
Scientist and Sorceress | 59 |
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