Defining Science : William Whewell, Natural Knowledge and Public Debate in Early Victorian Britain
by
Richard Yeo
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Ideas in Context
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 ideasHistory of ideasHistory 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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