Visions Of Science: Books And Readers At The Dawn Of The Victorian Age
by James A. Secord /
2014 / English / PDF
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Whilst political and social events shook continental Europe, scientific developments were changing the way we understood the world. At the height of this change a series of remarkable books about science were published. In Visions of Science, Jim Secord explores a selection of these titles and how they were received, disseminated, and admired.