Author: YEO, RICHARD
Title: Defining Science: William Whewell, Natural Knowledge and Public Debate in Early Victorian Britain (Ideas in Context Series)
Description: USA: Cambridge University Press, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0521431824. 280 pages. References. Index. "William Whewell is now recognized as the first systematic writer on the history and philosophy of science. This book shows how he engaged in metascientific criticism in the early Victorian period, when the social and intellectual status of science and scientists were still matters of contention." Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A high-quality copy.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Science - Great Britain - History - 19th Century, Science - Philosophy - History - 19th century, Science - Historiography, William Whewell. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket .

Keywords: 0521431824 19th & Technology