Defining Science : William Whewell, Natural Knowledge and Public Debate in Early Victorian Britain

Name: Defining Science
Brand: Cambridge University Press
SKU: 9780521541169
Price: 8800 KES
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ISBN: 9780521541169

by Richard Yeo

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ISBN-10 0521541166

ISBN-13 9780521541169

Publisher Cambridge University Press

Imprint Cambridge University Press

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Sep 18th, 2003

Print length 300 Pages

Weight 454 grams

Dimensions 15.20 x 22.70 x 2.50 cms

Product Classification: History of ideas History of ideas History of science

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Defining Science, first published in 1993, 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.

This 1993 book deals with debates about science - its history, philosophy and moral value - in the first half of the nineteenth century, a period in which the 'modern' features of science developed. Defining Science 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. William Whewell wrote major works on the history and philosophy of science before these became technical subjects. Consequently he had to define his own role as a metascientific critic (in a manner akin to cultural critics like Coleridge and Carlyle) as well as seeking to define science for both expert and lay audiences.

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