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.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Ruth Barton, Barton Ruth
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2018
• EAN: 9780226551616
• ISBN: 978-0-226-55161-6
• No. of pages: 576
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; 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)