Science in the Nineteenth-Century Periodical : Reading the Magazine of Nature

Professor of the History of Science Geoffrey Cantor; Gowan Dawson; School of Philosophy Graeme Gooday
Cambridge University Press
9780521836371
0-521-83637-9

Magazines and periodicals played a far greater role than books in influencing the Victorians' understanding of the new discoveries and theories in science, technology and medicine of their era. This book.

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identifies and analyzes the presentation of science in the periodical press in Britain between 1800 and 1900.