The evolution of an urban scientific community under the pressures
of conceptual and social change is the main focus of this book.
Manchester was Victorian Britain's leading industrial city. In
order to describe and analyze the transformation of science in the
eighteenth century, Robert Kargon closely examines Manchester
through successive stages. In so doing, he traces the evolution of
science from an activity pursued by gentlemen-amateurs to a highly
specialized profession. At the end of this process, the author
shows, a major trans formation in our understanding of the nature
of science can be discerned: scientific knowledge, it was realized,
could be produced. Science was no longer regarded primarily as the
di vine design rendered into laws of nature, but rather as a
method, or instrument, to be applied to novel areas of human
endeavor. Science had become on the one hand enterprise, and on the
other expertise. In each chapter, Kargon relates the changing
conception of science and its social role to the birth, growth, and
character of the city's scientific institutions. The contours of
the scientific community-its interests, concerns, and approaches to
what it came to see as critical problem---were shaped by its civic
environment. Its character, in turn, responded to the development
of the disciplines represented within it. As the sciences increased
in specialization and complexity during the course of the
nineteenth century, they placed new stress upon the community,
affecting the composition of its membership and the nature of its
leading institutions. The scientific frontier reacted upon
Manchester just as Manchester acted upon it. Now available in
paperback, this classic work in history includes a new introduction
by the author.
General
| Imprint: |
Routledge
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Release date: |
September 2017 |
| First published: |
2010 |
| Editors: |
William T. Golden
|
| Dimensions: |
229 x 152mm (L x W) |
| Format: |
Hardcover
|
| Pages: |
298 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-138-53230-4 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Humanities >
History >
General
Books >
History >
General
|
| LSN: |
1-138-53230-4 |
| Barcode: |
9781138532304 |
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