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Enlightenment, Modernity and Science Paul A. Elliot (University of Derby, UK)

Enlightenment, Modernity and Science By Paul A. Elliot (University of Derby, UK)

Enlightenment, Modernity and Science by Paul A. Elliot (University of Derby, UK)


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Enlightenment, Modernity and Science: Geographies of Scientific Culture and Improvement in Georgian England by Paul A. Elliot (University of Derby, UK)

Scientific culture was one of the defining characteristics of the English Enlightenment. The latest discoveries were debated in homes, institutions and towns around the country. Enlightenment, Modernity and Science provides the first full length study of the geographies of Georgian scientific culture in England. The author takes the reader on a tour of the principal arenas in which scientific ideas were disseminated, including home, town and countryside, to show how cultures of science and knowledge varied across the Georgian landscape. Taking in key figures such as Erasmus Darwin, Abraham Bennett, and Joseph Priestley along the way, it is a work that sheds important light on the complex geographies of Georgian English scientific culture.

About Paul A. Elliot (University of Derby, UK)

Paul A. Elliott is Lecturer in History in the School of Humanities, University of Derby. He is also a Special Lecturer at Nottingham University. His research interests include historical and cultural geography, history of science, landscape history, history of education, and urban and regional history. His most recent book is The Derby Philosophers (2009).

Table of Contents

Contents 1. Introduction 2. Scientific Culture and the Home in Georgian Society 3. Uniting Science with the Charm of Landscape: Darwin's Gardens: Place, Horticulture and Botany 4. Dissenting Academies and Scientific Culture 5. Freemasonry 6. Public Botanical Gardens 7. Town and County 8. Scientific Culture and Politics in Georgian Nottingham 9. Natural Philosophy, Enclosure and Improvement 10. Placing Electricity and Meteorology: Abraham Bennet (1750-1799) 11. Conclusions 12. Bibliography Index

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NLS9781350165991
9781350165991
1350165999
Enlightenment, Modernity and Science: Geographies of Scientific Culture and Improvement in Georgian England by Paul A. Elliot (University of Derby, UK)
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
2020-05-28
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