Title Victorian literature and the physics of the imponderable / by Sarah C. Alexander.

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Description	1 online resource (ix, 204 pages).
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Series	Science and culture in the nineteenth century ; number 26
	Science and culture in the nineteenth century ; no. 26.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary	The Victorians were obsessed with the empirical but were frequently frustrated by the sizeable gaps in their understanding of the world around them. This study examines how literature and popular culture adopted the emerging language of physics to explain the unknown or â#x80;#x98;imponderableâ#x80;#x99.
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Subject	English literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
	English literature.
Chronological Term	19th century
Subject	Physics in literature.
	Physics in literature.
Chronological Term	1800-1899
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	Criticism, interpretation, etc.
	Electronic books.
Other Form:	Print version: Alexander, Sarah (Sarah C.). Victorian literature and the physics of the imponderable. London : Pickering & Chatto, 2015 9781848935662 1848935668 (OCoLC)907204201
ISBN	9781781447901 (electronic book)
	178144790X (electronic book)
	9781781447918 (electronic book)
	1781447918 (electronic book)
	9781317316817
	1317316819
	9781848935662
	1848935668