Underwood, Ted (Author)
Palgrave Macmillan
Physical Details: x + 240 pp.; bibl.; index
Language: English
Description Late 18th-century British chemists traced mental and muscular work back to its source in sunlight. Explores this idea in literature and science.
Review Morus, Iwan Rhys (2007) Review of "The Work of the Sun: Literature, Science, and Political Economy, 1760--1860". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (p. 207).
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