Bernard Lightman , Gowan Dawson

Victorian Scientific Naturalism: Community, Identity, Continuity

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ISBN 13:: 9780226109503
author:: Bernard Lightman , Gowan Dawson
format:: HardBack
publisher:: University of Chicago Press
language:: English
Publication Year:: 2014
Pages:: 368
Dimensions:: 15.2 x 2.5 x 22.9 cm
Genre:: History, Religious History, Other Religions
Condition:: New
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Victorian Scientific Naturalism examines the secular creeds of a generation of intellectuals who sought to establish cultural authority in the wake of Charles Darwin's Origin of Species. These scientific naturalists, comprising biologists, physicists, and mathematicians, aimed to persuade both the state and the public that scientists, not theologians, should be granted cultural authority due to their expertise. In Victorian Scientific Naturalism, Gowan Dawson and Bernard Lightman bring together new essays by leading historians of science and literary critics. These essays offer a fresh perspective on the movement, exploring its impact on community, identity, and continuity in 19th-century Britain. From the Alps to Kew Gardens, these perspectives shed new light on Victorian scientific naturalism and its subsequent developments in the early 20th century. This collection provides an innovative understanding of the movement, highlighting its significance in the broader context of 19th-century Britain.

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