A Glance at the Physical Sciences; Or The Wonders of Nature,
Author : Samuel Griswold Goodrich
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Page : 370 pages
File Size : 21,64 MB
Release : 1844
Category : Astronomy
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Author : Samuel Griswold Goodrich
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Page : 370 pages
File Size : 21,64 MB
Release : 1844
Category : Astronomy
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Author : Samuel Griswold Goodrich
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Page : 370 pages
File Size : 27,66 MB
Release : 1844
Category : Astronomy
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Author : Samuel Griswold Goodrich
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Page : 370 pages
File Size : 19,94 MB
Release : 1844
Category : Science
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Author : Cambridge (Mass.). High School. Library
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Page : 260 pages
File Size : 38,66 MB
Release : 1853
Category : Classified catalogs
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Author : Cambridge High School (CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts)
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Page : 274 pages
File Size : 41,5 MB
Release : 1853
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Author : William J. Astore
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 12,33 MB
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : History
ISBN : 1351914189
Scottish theologian, educator, astronomer and popularizer of science, Thomas Dick (1774-1857) promoted a Christianized form of science to inhibit secularization, to win converts to Christianity, and to persuade evangelicals that science was sacred. His devotional theology of nature made radical claims for cultural authority. This book presents the first detailed analysis of his life and works. After an extended biographical introduction, Dick's theology of nature is examined within the context of natural theology, and also his views on the plurality of worlds, the nebular hypothesis and geology. Other chapters deal with Dick's use of aesthetics to shape social behaviour for millennial purposes, and with the publishing history of his works, their availability and their reception. In the final part, the author explores Dick's influence in America. His pacifism won him Northern evangelical supporters, while his writings dominated the burgeoning field of popular science, powerfully shaping science's cultural meaning and its uses.
Author : Carin Berkowitz
Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Press
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 11,61 MB
Release : 2017-07-19
Category : Science
ISBN : 0822982757
The nineteenth century witnessed a dramatic shift in the display and dissemination of natural knowledge across Britain and America, from private collections of miscellaneous artifacts and objects to public exhibitions and state-sponsored museums. The science museum as we know it—an institution of expert knowledge built to inform a lay public—was still very much in formation during this dynamic period. Science Museums in Transition provides a nuanced, comparative study of the diverse places and spaces in which science was displayed at a time when science and spectacle were still deeply intertwined; when leading naturalists, curators, and popular showmen were debating both how to display their knowledge and how and whether they should profit from scientific work; and when ideals of nationalism, class politics, and democracy were permeating the museum's walls. Contributors examine a constellation of people, spaces, display practices, experiences, and politics that worked not only to define the museum, but to shape public science and scientific knowledge. Taken together, the chapters in this volume span the Atlantic, exploring private and public museums, short and long-term exhibitions, and museums built for entertainment, education, and research, and in turn raise a host of important questions, about expertise, and about who speaks for nature and for history.
Author : Felix Driver
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 25,98 MB
Release : 2005-10-15
Category : History
ISBN : 0226164721
This volume of 11 illustrated essays from a wide range of disciplines explores images of the tropical world - paintings, maps, botanical drawings, diagrams, texts and photographs - produced by European and American travellers over the past three centuries.
Author : Samuel Griswold Goodrich
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Page : 410 pages
File Size : 17,42 MB
Release : 1843
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Author : California State Library
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Page : 1190 pages
File Size : 36,54 MB
Release : 1889
Category : Library catalogs
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