Science and salvation: evangelical popular science publishing in victorian britain
Auteur :
Fyfe, Aileen
Éditeur :
The University of Chicago Press
ISBN :
9780226276472
Date de publication :
17 juil. 2004
Dimensions :
2,3 x 1,6 x 0,2 cm
Poids :
567 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Aileen Fyfe examines the emergence of a popular science literature in early Victorian Britain, which was largely stimulated by the Religious Tract Society. Anxious that science and faith were becoming seen as mutually exclusive, the RTS embarked on an ambitious publishing venture.