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Defining Science: William Whewell, Natural Knowledge and Public Debate in Early Victorian Britain: 27 (Ideas in Context, Series Number 27) - Softcover

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9780521541169: Defining Science: William Whewell, Natural Knowledge and Public Debate in Early Victorian Britain: 27 (Ideas in Context, Series Number 27)

Synopsis

A 1993 assessment of the role of the historian and philosopher of science, William Whewell, in early Victorian debates about the nature of science.

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Review

'... a thoughtful discussion of the emergence of science as a major factor in the definition of Victorian civilisation.' Metascience

'... at once a seminal vocational biography of the most prominent Victorian metascientist, and a penetrating study of the complex debate about the nature of science in nineteenth century Britain. It is a book no student of Victorian intellectual history can afford to ignore.' Isis

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Defining Science, first published in 1993, deals with the major role of the historian and philosopher of science, William Whewell, in early Victorian debates about the nature of science and its moral and cultural value.

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9780521431828: Defining Science: William Whewell, Natural Knowledge and Public Debate in Early Victorian Britain: 27 (Ideas in Context, Series Number 27)

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ISBN 10:  0521431824 ISBN 13:  9780521431828
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1993
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