Imperial Nature - Joseph Hooker and the Practices of Victorian Science

Informationen zum Autor Jim Endersby is a lecturer in the History Department at the University of Sussex. Klappentext 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. 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, Endersby Jim
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.09.2010
• EAN: 9780226207926
• ISBN: 978-0-226-20792-6
• No. of pages: 448
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, European History, SCIENCE / History, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Georgian Era (1714-1837), HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Victorian Era (1837-1901), c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, History of Science, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain