Science in the Romantic Era (Routledge Library Editions: Romanticism) - Hardcover

Book 12 of 29: Routledge Library Editions: Romanticism

Knight, David

 
9781138644441: Science in the Romantic Era (Routledge Library Editions: Romanticism)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1138644447 ISBN 13: 9781138644441
Publisher: Routledge, 2016

Synopsis

First published in 1998. The Romantic Era was a time when society, religion and other beliefs, and science were all in flux. The idea that the universe was a great clock, and that men were little clocks, all built by a divine watchmaker, was giving way to a more dynamic and pantheistic way of thinking. A new language was invented for chemistry, replacing metaphor with algebra; and scientific illustration came to play the role of a visual language, deeply involved with theory. A scientific community came gradually into being as the 19th century wore on. The papers which compose this book have appeared in a wide range of books and journals; together with the new introduction they illuminate science and its context in the Romantic Era and follow its effects in the 19th century.

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2016
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1138644447
ISBN 13 
9781138644441
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
366

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