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Enlightenment, Modernity and Science: Geographies of Scientific Culture and Improvement in Georgian England: Tauris Historical Geographical Series

Autor Paul A. Elliot
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 28 mai 2020
Scientific culture was one of the defining characteristics of the English Enlightenment. The latest discoveries were debated in homes, institutions and towns around the country. Enlightenment, Modernity and Science provides the first full length study of the geographies of Georgian scientific culture in England. The author takes the reader on a tour of the principal arenas in which scientific ideas were disseminated, including home, town and countryside, to show how cultures of science and knowledge varied across the Georgian landscape. Taking in key figures such as Erasmus Darwin, Abraham Bennett, and Joseph Priestley along the way, it is a work that sheds important light on the complex geographies of Georgian English scientific culture.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781350165991
ISBN-10: 1350165999
Pagini: 384
Ilustrații: 49 bw illus
Dimensiuni: 154 x 232 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.56 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Academic
Seria Tauris Historical Geographical Series

Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Cuprins

Contents

1. Introduction

2. Scientific Culture and the Home in Georgian Society

3. Uniting Science with the Charm of Landscape: Darwin's Gardens: Place, Horticulture and Botany

4. Dissenting Academies and Scientific Culture

5. Freemasonry

6. Public Botanical Gardens

7. Town and County

8. Scientific Culture and Politics in Georgian Nottingham

9. Natural Philosophy, Enclosure and Improvement

10. Placing Electricity and Meteorology: Abraham Bennet (1750-1799)

11. Conclusions

12. Bibliography

Index