Energy and Empire by Crosbie Smith
This study of Lord Kelvin, the most famous mathematical physicist of 19th-century Britain, delivers on a speculation long entertained by historians of science that Victorian physics expressed in its very content the industrial society that produced it.
Smith, Crosbie: - Crosbie Smith is reader in History and Cultural Studies of Science and director of the Centre for History and Cultural Studies of Science at Rutherford College, University of Kent at Canterbury. He is coauthor of Energy and Empire: A Biographical Study of Lord Kelvin and coeditor of Making Space for Science: Territorial Themes in the Shaping of Knowledge.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780521261739 |
| ISBN 10 | 0521261732 |
| Title | Energy and Empire |
| Author | Crosbie Smith |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 1989-10-26 |
| Number of pages | 898 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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