| Defining Science: William Whewell, Natural Knowledge and Public Debate in Early Victorian Britain Contributor(s): Yeo, Richard R. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521431824 ISBN-13: 9780521431828 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $114.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 1993 Annotation: Defining Science deals with the major role of the historian and philosopher of science, William Whewell, in early Victorian debates about the nature of science and its moral and cultural value. Richard Yeo also examines the different forms or genres in which science was discussed in the public sphere--most crucially in the Victorian review journals, but also in biographical, historical and educational works. Analysis of the whole corpus of Whewell's work suggests that it be seen not only as an attempt to define science, but to clarify his own vocation as its leading critic. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | History & Theory - General - Science | History |
| Dewey: 509.410 |
| LCCN: 92030620 |
| Series: Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology |
| Physical Information: 0.96" H x 6.29" W x 9.28" (1.2 lbs) 298 pages |