Geographies of Knowledge - Science, Scale, and Spatiality in the Nineteenth Century

"This collection of essays addresses the role of space in the construction and dissemination of scientific ideas in the nineteenth century. The essays pay particular attention to the role of scale, ranging from the local scale of the Surrey countryside to the global spatiality of the prime meridian. The collection opens new avenues for studying the ways that science was a geographically situated set of practices in the nineteenth century"--

About the author

Robert J. Mayhew is a professor of historical geography and intellectual history at the University of Bristol. He is the author of Malthus: The Life and Legacies of an Untimely Prophet.Charles W. J. Withers is professor emeritus at the University of Edinburgh and Geographer Royal for Scotland. He is the author of Zero Degrees: Geographies of the Prime Meridian.

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J. Withers

Product details

• Authors: Robert J. (EDT)/ Withers Mayhew, Robert J. (Professor of Historical Geograp Mayhew
• Assisted by: Robert J. Mayhew (Editor), Robert J. (Professor of Historical Geography and Intellectual History Mayhew (Editor), Charles W. J. Withers (Editor), Charles W. J. (University of Edinburgh) Withers (Editor)
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2020
• EAN: 9781421438542
• ISBN: 978-1-4214-3854-2
• No. of pages: 272
• Series: Medicine, Science, and Religion in Historical Context; Medicine, Science, and Religio
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); European History, SCIENCE / History, HISTORY / Europe / General, RELIGION / History, History of Religion, History of Science, Early 19th century c 1800 to c 1850