Defining Science - William Whewell, Natural Knowledge and Public Debate in Early Victorian Britain (Hardcover)

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.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Ideas in Context
Release date:	August 1993
First published:	1993
Authors:	Richard Yeo
Dimensions:	236 x 160 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	298
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-43182-8
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > History of science Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > History of ideas, intellectual history
LSN:	0-521-43182-4
Barcode:	9780521431828

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