In 1864, amid headline-grabbing heresy trials, members of the
British Association for the Advancement of Science were asked to
sign a declaration affirming that science and scripture were in
agreement. Many criticized the new test of orthodoxy; nine decided
that collaborative action was required. The X Club tells their
story. These six ambitious professionals and three wealthy
amateurs--J. D. Hooker, T. H. Huxley, John Tyndall, John Lubbock,
William Spottiswoode, Edward Frankland, George Busk, T. A. Hirst,
and Herbert Spencer--wanted to guide the development of science and
public opinion on issues where science impinged on daily life,
religious belief, and politics. They formed a private dining club,
which they named the X Club, to discuss and further their plans. As
Ruth Barton shows, they had a clear objective: they wanted to
promote "scientific habits of mind," which they sought to do
through lectures, journalism, and science education. They devoted
enormous effort to the expansion of science education, with real,
but mixed, success. For twenty years, the X Club was the most
powerful network in Victorian science--the men succeeded each other
in the presidency of the Royal Society for a dozen years. Barton's
group biography traces the roots of their success and the lasting
effects of their championing of science against those who attempted
to limit or control it, along the way shedding light on the social
organization of science, the interactions of science and the state,
and the places of science and scientific men in elite culture in
the Victorian era.
General
| Imprint: |
University of Chicago Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
May 2018 |
| Authors: |
Ruth Barton
|
| Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 39mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Hardcover
|
| Pages: |
576 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-226-55161-6 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
0-226-55161-X |
| Barcode: |
9780226551616 |
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