Book ID: CBB000850355

William Crookes (1832--1919) and the Commercialization of Science (2008)

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Brock, William H. (Author)


Ashgate


Publication Date: 2008
Physical Details: xxvii + 556 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index
Language: English

Description On Crookes's role as a science journalist, business entrepreneur, and spiritualist.


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Review James, Frank A. J. L. (2009) Review of "William Crookes (1832--1919) and the Commercialization of Science". Chemical Heritage (p. 44). unapi

Review Hughes, Jeff (2010) Review of "William Crookes (1832--1919) and the Commercialization of Science". Notes and Records: The Royal Society Journal of the History of Science (p. 91). unapi

Review Rocke, Alan J. (2009) Review of "William Crookes (1832--1919) and the Commercialization of Science". Ambix: Journal of the Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry (p. 273). unapi

Review Noakes, Richard (2009) Review of "William Crookes (1832--1919) and the Commercialization of Science". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (p. 665). unapi

Review Davenport, Derek A. (2009) Review of "William Crookes (1832--1919) and the Commercialization of Science". Bulletin for the History of Chemistry. unapi

Review Beyler, Richard H. (2011) Review of "William Crookes (1832--1919) and the Commercialization of Science". Annals of Science: The History of Science and Technology (p. 284). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Wadge, Elisabeth
Haushofer, Lisa
Noakes, Richard
Kidd, Ian James
Hentenryk, G. Kurgan-van
Weldon, Stephen P.
Journals
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Mefisto: Rivista di medicina, filosofia, storia
Royal Society of Chemistry Historical Group Newsletter
Minerva: A Review of Science, Learning and Policy
Circumscribere: International Journal for the History of Science
Publishers
University of Maryland, College Park
University of Pittsburgh Press
University of Chicago Press
University of California Press
Princeton University Press
Johns Hopkins University
Concepts
Spiritualism
Business and commerce
Science and industry
Parapsychology; psychic phenomena
Science and economics
Occult sciences
People
Crookes, William
Wallace, Alfred Russel
Lodge, Oliver
Lang, Andrew
Zöllner, Johann Karl Friedrich
Tyndall, John
Time Periods
19th century
20th century, early
20th century, late
20th century
Places
Great Britain
United States
Europe
Institutions
Solvay Conferences
Society for Psychical Research
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