Book ID: CBB000741500

Nervous Conditions: Science and the Body Politic in Early Industrial Britain (2006)

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Green Musselman, Elizabeth (Author)


State University of New York Press


Publication Date: 2006
Physical Details: xi + 276 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index
Language: English

Description On how scientists' own physical weaknesses are important to consider in understanding the way that they developed their disciplined mental skills. Considers major British thinkers such as John Dalton, Lord Kelvin, Charles Babbage, and John Herschel.


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Review Guerrini, Anita (2007) Review of "Nervous Conditions: Science and the Body Politic in Early Industrial Britain". American Historical Review (p. 588). unapi

Review Rosner, Lisa (2007) Review of "Nervous Conditions: Science and the Body Politic in Early Industrial Britain". Annals of Science: The History of Science and Technology (p. 435). unapi

Review Richards, Joan L. (2007) Review of "Nervous Conditions: Science and the Body Politic in Early Industrial Britain". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (p. 388). unapi

Review Morus, Iwan Rhys (2008) Review of "Nervous Conditions: Science and the Body Politic in Early Industrial Britain". British Journal for the History of Science (p. 282). unapi

Review Forth, Christopher E. (2007) Review of "Nervous Conditions: Science and the Body Politic in Early Industrial Britain". Victorian Studies (p. 355). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Snyder, Laura J.
Bont, Raf de
Ashworth, William J.
Kenichi Natsume
Zwier, Karen R.
Wilkes, M. V.
Concepts
Astronomy
Chemistry
Personality of the scientist
Creativity; genius
Science and society
Scientific communities; interprofessional relations
Time Periods
19th century
18th century
20th century, early
20th century
Places
Great Britain
British Isles
Germany
Cambridge (England)
Institutions
Cambridge University
Analytical Society
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