Imperial Nature - Joseph Hooker and the Practices of Victorian Science

Zusammenfassung Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817-1911) was an internationally renowned botanist, a close friend and early supporter of Charles Darwin, and one of the first - and most successful - British men of science to become a full-time professional. This title uses one individual's career to illustrate the changing world of science in the Victorian era.

Product details

• Authors: Jim Endersby
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.06.2008
• EAN: 9780226207919
• ISBN: 978-0-226-20791-9
• No. of pages: 441
• Dimensions: 163 mm x 235 mm x 30 mm
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology