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Bloomsbury Scientists: Science and Art in the Wake of Darwin (2018)

Boulter, Michael (Author)

UCL Press
Publication date: 2018
Language: English

ISBN: 9781787350052

Publication Date: 2018
Physical Details: 198 pages

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The Bloomsbury group is famous for its contributions to literature and art. What's less well-known is that the milieu also included scientists. This book tells the story of the network of scientists living amid the writers and artists in that single square mile of London immediately before and after World War I. Michael Boulter weaves together Bloomsbury's multidisciplinary narratives of genetics, ecology, postimpressionism, and literature, and draws intricate connections through the friendships, grievances, quarrels, and affections of the movement's key players. Bloomsbury Scientists offers a fresh perspective on this history at a time when the complex relationship between science and art continues to be debated.

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Review Piers J. Hale (2019) Review of "Bloomsbury Scientists: Science and Art in the Wake of Darwin". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (pp. 191-192). unapi

Review Emily Hayes (2018) Review of "Bloomsbury Scientists: Science and Art in the Wake of Darwin". British Journal for the History of Science (pp. 529-530). unapi

Review Oliver Hill-Andrews (2018) Review of "Bloomsbury Scientists: Science and Art in the Wake of Darwin". Annals of Science: The History of Science and Technology (pp. 159-160). unapi

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