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Endersby, Jim (2008) Imperial nature: Joseph Hooker and the practices of Victorian science. University of Chicage Press. ISBN 9780226207919
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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. 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 Nature" gracefully 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.
| Item Type: | Book |
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| Schools and Departments: | School of History, Art History and Philosophy > History |
| Subjects: | C Auxiliary Sciences of History > CT Biography |
| Depositing User: | Jim Endersby |
| Date Deposited: | 06 Feb 2012 18:21 |
| Last Modified: | 26 Jul 2012 08:16 |
| URI: | http://srodev.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/15936 |