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

by Geoffrey N. Cantor

Book Overview

For the Victorian reading public, periodicals played a far greater role than books in shaping their understanding of new discoveries and theories in science, technology and medicine. Such understandings were formed not merely by serious scientific articles, but also by glancing asides in political reports, fictional representations, or humorous attacks in comic magazines. Ranging across diverse forms of periodicals, from top-selling religious and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521049784
• ISBN13: 9780521049788
• Release Date: December 2007
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 348 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"