Science Serialized

Ed. Geoffrey Cantor; Sally Shuttleworth

ISBN 10: 0262033186 / ISBN 13: 9780262033183

Published by The MIT, 2004

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As well as the proliferation of periodicals and the growth of both mass and highly specific readerships, the 19th century saw profound changes in the nature and practice of science. In 14 essays, this volume examines specialist scientific publications, crucial changes in conceptions of science, and the way science was construed for non-expert readers. Slightly off-mint and felt-tip mark on lower trimmed edge.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Science Serialized
• Publisher: The MIT
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0262033186
• ISBN 13: 9780262033183
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New - Very Good

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Synopsis

Essays examining the ways in which the Victorian periodical press presented the scientific developments of the time to general and specialized audiences.

Nineteenth-century Britain saw an explosion of periodical literature, with the publication of over 100,000 different magazines and newspapers for a growing market of eager readers. The Victorian periodical press became an important medium for the dissemination of scientific ideas. Every major scientific advance in the nineteenth century was trumpeted and analyzed in periodicals ranging from intellectual quarterlies such as the Edinburgh Review to popular weeklies like the Mirror of Literature, from religious periodicals such as the Evangelical Magazine to the atheistic Oracle of Reason. Scientific articles appeared side by side with the latest fiction or political reporting, while articles on nonscientific topics and serialized novels invoked scientific theories or used analogies drawn from science.The essays collected in Science Serialized examine the variety of ways in which the nineteenth-century periodical press represented science to both general and specialized readerships. They explore the role of scientific controversy in the press and the cultural politics of publication. Subject range from the presentation of botany in women's magazines to the highly public dispute between Darwin and Samuel Butler, and from discussions of the mind-body problem to those of energy physics.

Contributors
include leading scholars in the fields of history of science and literature: Ann B. Shteir, Jonathan Topham, Frank A. J. L. James, Roger Smith, Graeme Gooday, Crosbie Smith, Ian Higginson, Gillian Beer, Bernard Lightman, Helen Small, Gowan Dawson, Jonathan Smith, James G. Paradis, and Harriet Ritvo

About the Authors

Geoffrey Cantor is Professor in the History of Science at the University of Leeds and author of, among other books, Michael Faraday, Sandemanian and Scientist.

Sally Shuttleworth is Professor of English Literature at the University of Sheffield and author of a number of books, including George Eliot and Nineteenth Century Science. They are codirectors of the SciPer (Science in the Nineteenth Century Periodical) project.