Thomas Huxley : making the "man of science" / / Paul White [[electronic resource]] |
Autore | White Paul <1961-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2003 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiv, 205 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 570/.92 |
Collana | Cambridge science biographies |
Soggetto topico |
Evolution (Biology) - Great Britain - History - 19th century
Religion and science - Great Britain - History - 19th century Literature and science - Great Britain - History - 19th century Naturalists - Great Britain |
ISBN |
1-107-12804-8
1-280-16005-5 9786610160051 1-139-14592-4 0-511-11718-3 0-511-06618-X 0-511-05987-6 0-511-30701-2 0-511-51218-X 0-511-06831-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 1. Science at Home -- Imperial and Sentimental -- A Women's Writing -- Improvement by Domestication -- Pressing Points of Economy -- Conclusion: Fairylands of Science -- 2. Gentlemen of Science? Debates over Manners and Institutions -- The Survey Man -- The British Cuvier -- The "Genius" -- Instituting Biology -- Why Darwin's Bulldog? -- Conclusion: Rag-and-Bone Men -- 3. Science as Culture -- Science Writing and the Periodical Press -- Literature and Liberal Education -- Friends and Enemies of Culture -- Scientific Imagination -- Conclusion: One Culture or Two? -- 4. The Worship of Science -- Holy Man -- A Broad Church -- The Classroom -- Conclusion: Metaphysical Society behind Closed Doors -- 5. "Darkest England": Science and Labor in the 1880s and 1890s -- "A Copious Shuffler" -- Land, Leadership, and Learning -- Arming for War -- The General's Scheme -- "A Fair and Adequate Trial" -- Conclusion: The Limits of Evolution -- Conclusion: The End of the "Man of Science." |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910450412403321 |
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Thomas Huxley : making the "man of science" / / Paul White [[electronic resource]] |
Autore | White Paul <1961-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2003 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiv, 205 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 570/.92 |
Collana | Cambridge science biographies |
Soggetto topico |
Evolution (Biology) - Great Britain - History - 19th century
Religion and science - Great Britain - History - 19th century Literature and science - Great Britain - History - 19th century Naturalists - Great Britain |
ISBN |
1-107-12804-8
1-280-16005-5 9786610160051 1-139-14592-4 0-511-11718-3 0-511-06618-X 0-511-05987-6 0-511-30701-2 0-511-51218-X 0-511-06831-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 1. Science at Home -- Imperial and Sentimental -- A Women's Writing -- Improvement by Domestication -- Pressing Points of Economy -- Conclusion: Fairylands of Science -- 2. Gentlemen of Science? Debates over Manners and Institutions -- The Survey Man -- The British Cuvier -- The "Genius" -- Instituting Biology -- Why Darwin's Bulldog? -- Conclusion: Rag-and-Bone Men -- 3. Science as Culture -- Science Writing and the Periodical Press -- Literature and Liberal Education -- Friends and Enemies of Culture -- Scientific Imagination -- Conclusion: One Culture or Two? -- 4. The Worship of Science -- Holy Man -- A Broad Church -- The Classroom -- Conclusion: Metaphysical Society behind Closed Doors -- 5. "Darkest England": Science and Labor in the 1880s and 1890s -- "A Copious Shuffler" -- Land, Leadership, and Learning -- Arming for War -- The General's Scheme -- "A Fair and Adequate Trial" -- Conclusion: The Limits of Evolution -- Conclusion: The End of the "Man of Science." |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783131103321 |
White Paul <1961->
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Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2003 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Thomas Huxley : making the "man of science" / / Paul White [[electronic resource]] |
Autore | White Paul <1961-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2003 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiv, 205 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 570/.92 |
Collana | Cambridge science biographies |
Soggetto topico |
Evolution (Biology) - Great Britain - History - 19th century
Religion and science - Great Britain - History - 19th century Literature and science - Great Britain - History - 19th century Naturalists - Great Britain |
ISBN |
1-107-12804-8
1-280-16005-5 9786610160051 1-139-14592-4 0-511-11718-3 0-511-06618-X 0-511-05987-6 0-511-30701-2 0-511-51218-X 0-511-06831-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 1. Science at Home -- Imperial and Sentimental -- A Women's Writing -- Improvement by Domestication -- Pressing Points of Economy -- Conclusion: Fairylands of Science -- 2. Gentlemen of Science? Debates over Manners and Institutions -- The Survey Man -- The British Cuvier -- The "Genius" -- Instituting Biology -- Why Darwin's Bulldog? -- Conclusion: Rag-and-Bone Men -- 3. Science as Culture -- Science Writing and the Periodical Press -- Literature and Liberal Education -- Friends and Enemies of Culture -- Scientific Imagination -- Conclusion: One Culture or Two? -- 4. The Worship of Science -- Holy Man -- A Broad Church -- The Classroom -- Conclusion: Metaphysical Society behind Closed Doors -- 5. "Darkest England": Science and Labor in the 1880s and 1890s -- "A Copious Shuffler" -- Land, Leadership, and Learning -- Arming for War -- The General's Scheme -- "A Fair and Adequate Trial" -- Conclusion: The Limits of Evolution -- Conclusion: The End of the "Man of Science." |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910827095203321 |
White Paul <1961->
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Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2003 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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