Enlightenment, modernity and science: geographies of scientific culture and improvement in georgian england
Auteur :
Elliot, Paul A.
Éditeur :
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN :
9781848853669
Date de publication :
30 oct. 2010
Dimensions :
23,4 x 15,6 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
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.