David Brewster and the Culture of Science in Scotland, 1793-1843

by Jenkins, Bill
ISBN: 9781399528573
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Overview

The decades between the French Revolution and the mid-nineteenth century were a period of radical transformation in Scottish society and culture on many levels. The Scottish Enlightenment had seen a striking blossoming of the natural sciences, with the development of a distinctive and influential national scientific culture.

The natural philosopher David Brewster was educated in Edinburgh amidst the intellectual ferment of the late Enlightenment but lived to end his days as a grand old man of Victorian science. This book uses the long and eventful career of Brewster as a lens through which to explore themes of rupture and continuity in Scottish scientific culture in a period of dramatic social and political change.

  • Format: TradePaperback
  • Author: Jenkins, Bill
  • ISBN: 9781399528573
  • Condition: New
  • Number Of Pages: 248
  • Publication Year: 2026
Language: English