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9780226207926

Imperial Nature

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  • ISBN13:

    9780226207926

  • ISBN10:

    0226207927

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2010-10-15
  • Publisher: Univ of Chicago Pr
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Joseph Dalton Hooker (18171911) was an internationally renowned botanist, a close friend and early supporter of Charles Darwin, and one of the firstand most successfulBritish men of science to become a full-time professional. He was also, Jim Endersby argues, the perfect embodiment of Victorian science. A vivid picture of the complex interrelationships of scientific work and scientific ideas,Imperial Naturegracefully uses one individual's career to illustrate the changing world of science in the Victorian era. By focusing on science's material practices and one of its foremost practitioners, Endersby ably links concerns about empire, professionalism, and philosophical practices to the forging of a nineteenth-century scientific identity. "A refreshing record of how scientists worked. . . . The practice of science provides the context necessary for understanding how theories advanced; without this background, scientific progress looks too simple, and leaps seem extraordinary."Nature "Imperial Nature adds significantly to our understanding of the multifaceted and far from inevitable ascendancy of the professional scientist in Victorian culture."Isis

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Jim Endersby is a lecturer in the history department at the University of Sussex.

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