A Vision of Modern Science

John Tyndall and the Role of the Scientist in Victorian Culture

• Author(s): U. DeYoung,
• Publisher: Springer
• Pages: 270
• ISBN_10: 0230118054
  ISBN_13: 9780230118058
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Science / History , Science / General , History / Europe / Great Britain / General , Science / Philosophy & Social Aspects , History / Social History , History / Modern / General , History / General ,

Description:... An examination of a pivotal moment in the history of science through the career and cultural impact of the historically neglected Victorian physicist John Tyndall, establishing him as an important figure of the period, whose scientific discoveries and philosophy of science in society are still relevant today.