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1 online resource. |
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Science and culture in the nineteenth century
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Science and culture in the nineteenth century.
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Introduction: Science lectures in an age of oratory -- Science, speech and character : John Tyndall's lectures on light -- Reason's rhetor : the scientific oratory of Thomas Henry Huxley -- Richard Proctor and the tempo of science -- Alfred Russel Wallace, anticelebrity -- Evolution's evangelist : the American addresses of Henry Drummond -- Conclusion: Science, historically speaking. |
| Summary |
"For many in the nineteenth century, the spoken word had a vivacity and power that exceeded other modes of communication. This conviction helped to sustain a diverse and dynamic lecture culture that provided a crucial vehicle for shaping and contesting cultural norms and beliefs. As science increasingly became part of public culture and debate, its spokespersons recognized the need to harness the presumed power of public speech to recommend the moral relevance of scientific ideas and attitudes. With this wider context in mind, The Voice of Science explores the efforts of five celebrity British scientists-John Tyndall, Thomas Henry Huxley, Richard Proctor, Alfred Russel Wallace, and Henry Drummond-to articulate and embody a moral vision of the scientific life on American lecture platforms. These evangelists for science negotiated the fraught but intimate relationship between platform and newsprint culture and faced the demands of audiences searching for meaningful and memorable lecture performances. As Diarmid Finnegan reveals, all five attracted unrivaled attention, provoking responses in the press, from church pulpits, and on other platforms. Their lectures became potent cultural catalysts, provoking far-reaching debate on the consequences and relevance of scientific thought for reconstructing cultural meaning and moral purpose"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Communication in science -- History -- 19th century.
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Communication in science. |
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History. |
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19th century |
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Lectures and lecturing -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
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Lectures and lecturing. |
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United States. |
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Speeches, addresses, etc., English -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
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Speeches, addresses, etc., English. |
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Scientists -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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Scientists. |
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Great Britain. |
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Biographies.
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British -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
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British. |
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Great Britain -- Intellectual life -- History -- 19th century.
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Intellectual life. |
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United States -- Intellectual life -- History -- 19th century.
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1800-1899 |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9780822946816 0822946815 (DLC) 2021030606 (OCoLC)1263251532 |
| ISBN |
9780822988397 (electronic book) |
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0822988399 (electronic book) |
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9780822946816 |
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0822946815 |
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