The Age of Scientific Naturalism
Tyndall and His Contemporaries
Bernard Lightman editor Michael S Reidy editor
Format:Paperback
Publisher:University of Pittsburgh Press
Published:1st Dec '20
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Physicist John Tyndall and his contemporaries were at the forefront of developing the cosmology of scientific naturalism during the Victorian period.
Physicist John Tyndall and his contemporaries were at the forefront of developing the cosmology of scientific naturalism during the Victorian period. They rejected all but physical laws as having any impact on the operations of human life and the universe. Contributors focus on the way Tyndall and his correspondents developed their ideas through letters, periodicals and scientific journals and challenge previously held assumptions about who gained authority, and how they attained and defended their position within the scientific community.
Adds significantly to the ways in which Tyndall's life and work can be viewed within the history of science.
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288 pages