Book ID: CBB000111752

Victorian Sensation: The Extraordinary Publication, Reception, and Secret Authorship of Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation (2000)

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Secord, James A. (Author)


University of Chicago Press


Publication Date: 2000
Physical Details: xx + 624 pp., illus., bibl., index
Language: English

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Authors & Contributors
Lynch, John M.
Pereira Martins, Lilian Al-Chueyr
Vlahakis, George N.
Topham, Johnathan R.
Taylor, Kenneth L.
Smith, Thomas Malcolm
Journals
Journal of the History of Biology
British Journal for the History of Science
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science
NTM: Zeitschrift für Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften, Technik und Medizin
Indian Journal of History of Science
Filosofia e História da Biologia
Publishers
University of Chicago Press
Carnegie Mellon University
University of Rochester Press
University of Oklahoma
Concepts
Publishers and publishing
Evolution
Popularization
Periodicals; serials
Biology
Historiography
People
Chambers, Robert
Oken, Lorenz
Liebig, Justus von
Huxley, Thomas Henry
Time Periods
19th century
18th century
Renaissance
17th century
Places
Great Britain
Scotland
United States
Sweden
Norway
Greece
Institutions
Geological Society of London
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