Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-309) and index.
Contents
The threat of popular science -- Christian knowledge -- Reading fish -- The techniques of evangelical publishing -- The ministry of the press -- Reinterpreting science.
Summary
Aileen Fyfe examines the emergence of a popular science literature in early Victorian Britain, which was laregly stimulated by the Religious Tract Society. Anxious that science & faith were becoming seen as mutually exclusive, the RTS embarked on an ambitious publishing venture.
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