Visions of Science: Books and readers at the dawn of the Victorian age Tapa dura - 2014

Paperback. Very Good.

Paperback. Acceptable.

Oxford University Press. Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014. Hard covers in clean, bright condition in a very good dust jacket, contents unmarked. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Oxford University Press, 2014. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,700grams, ISBN:9780199675265

Hardback. New. Whilst political and social events shook continental Europe, scientific developments were changing the way we understood the world. At the height of this change a series of remarkable books about science were published. In Visions of Science, Jim Secord explores a selection of these titles and how they were received, disseminated, and admired.

Oxford University Press, 2014. Hardcover. New. 320 pages. 9.45x6.42x1.14 inches.

Oxford University Press OUP , pp. 320 Index. Hardback. New.

Oxford University Press, 2014 8vo (24 cm), XIV, 306 pp, plates. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket. "The early 1830s witnessed an extraordinary transformation in British political, literary, and intellectual life. New scientific disciplines begin to take shape, while new concepts of the natural world were hotly debated. James Secord, Director of the Darwin Correspondence Project, captures this unique moment of change by exploring key books, including Charles Lyell's Principles of Geology, Mary Somerville's Connexion of the Physical Sciences, and Thomas Carlyle's satirical work, Sartor Resartus. Set in the context of electoral reform and debates about the extension of education to meet the demands of the coming age of empire and industry, Secord shows how the books were published, disseminated, admired, attacked and satirized." (publisher's synopsis)