Science and Eccentricity: Collecting, Writing and Performing Science for Early Nineteenth-Century Audiences - Couverture rigide

Carroll, Victoria

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1851969403 ISBN 13 : 9781851969401

Editeur : Pickering & Chatto (Publishers) Ltd, 2008

Synopsis

The concept of eccentricity was central to how people in the nineteenth century understood their world. This monograph is the first scholarly history of eccentricity. Carroll explores how discourses of eccentricity were established to make sense of individuals who did not seem to fit within an increasingly organized social and economic order. She focuses on the self-taught natural philosopher William Martin, the fossilist Thomas Hawkins and the taxidermist Charles Waterton.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

The concept of eccentricity was central to how people in the 19th century understood their world. This book explores how, from the turn of the century, discourses of eccentricity were established to make sense of individuals who did not seem to fit within an increasingly organized social and economic order.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Pickering & Chatto (Publishers) Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1851969403
• ISBN 13: 9781851969401
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 304
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible