The Voice of Science: British Scientists on the Lecture Circuit in Gilded Age America

by Diarmid A. Finnegan

For many in the nineteenth century, the spoken word had a vivacity and power that exceeded other modes of communication. This conviction helped to sustain a diverse and dynamic lecture culture that provided a crucial vehicle for shaping and contesting cultural norms and beliefs. As science increasingly became part of public culture and debate, its spokespersons recognized the need to harness the presumed power of public speech to recommend the moral...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822946815
• ISBN13: 9780822946816
• Release Date: October 2021
• Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 1.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 9.1" x 6.3"