X Club - Power and Authority in Victorian Science

The X Club was a group of Victorian scientists who banded together to promote disinterested science and education; they included many of the most prominent scientists of the period, and they controlled the Royal Society for a couple of decades.

Zusammenfassung

The X Club was a group of Victorian scientists who banded together to promote disinterested science and education; they included many of the most prominent scientists of the period, and they controlled the Royal Society for a couple of decades.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Ruth Barton, Barton Ruth
• Verlag: University Of Chicago Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 31.05.2018
• EAN: 9780226551616
• ISBN: 978-0-226-55161-6
• Seiten: 576
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Neuzeit bis 1918; Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Naturwissenschaften allgemein; Sachbuch > Geschichte > Sonstiges; Europäische Geschichte, Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften, Geschichte allgemein und Weltgeschichte, European History, SCIENCE / History, HISTORY / Europe / General, Europa / Geschichte, Kulturgeschichte, Wissenschaftsgeschichte (Naturwissenschaften), BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Science & Technology, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Victorian Era (1837-1901)