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William Crookes (1832-1919) and the Commercialization of Science (Hardcover, New Ed)
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William Crookes (1832-1919) and the Commercialization of Science (Hardcover, New Ed)
Series: Science, Technology and Culture, 1700-1945
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William Crookes' long life was one of unbroken scientific and
business activity, culminating in his appointment as President of
the Royal Society in 1913. Throughout his career he was an
important science journalist, the discoverer of thallium, the
inventor of the radiometer, investigator of cathode rays and the
vacuum, a spectroscopist of significance in rare earth chemistry,
and a spokesman for a chemical solution to the problems with the
world's food supplies. He was also, and perhaps most
controversially, an occultist who played a significant role in
spiritualism in the 1870s, and was involved with D.D. Home
(Browning's Mr Sludge) and other notable mediums of the day.
Previous literature on Crookes has tended to focus on his
involvement with the spiritualists, sometimes to the detriment of
his many scientific achievements. This, the first biography of
William Crookes, gives us the whole man: one of the most complex,
public, and interesting figures in the history of science.
Professor Brock guides us through the abundant catalogue of
Crookes' accomplishments, placing his scientific activities in the
context of the business of making a living from science - something
that Crookes did principally as a science journalist and editor
with his Chemical News (the model for today's Nature), and by
business enterprises ranging from water analysis, sewerage schemes,
and goldmining to the design of electric light bulbs. We also see
Crookes in the lab, as an independent researcher, and learn the
processes behind his discovery of thallium, his investigations into
matter and energy, and his crucial work on cathode rays. We see the
public man, the celebrity who was much sought after for his
opinions on the latest discovery, and who was widely regarded as
Britain's leading scientist at the beginning of the twentieth
century. Scientist, spiritualist, entrepreneur: Sir William
Crookes' extraordinary life and many endeavours provide a unique
window into Victorian and Edwardian science and industry.
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