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David Brewster and the culture of science in Scotland, 1793-1843
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- Book Synopsis
- 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.
- About The Author
- Dr Bill Jenkins is a lecturer in the School of History at the University of St Andrews, working on a project funded by the Leverhulme Trust entitled 'After the Enlightenment: Scottish Intellectual Life, c.1790-c.1843'. Jenkins received his PhD at the University of Edinburgh has published several papers in key journals, including the Journal of the History of Biology, Journal of Scottish Historical Studies and British Journal for the History of Science. He is the author of Evolution Before Darwin: Theories of the Transmutation of Species in Edinburgh, 1804-1834 (EUP, 2019).
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9781399528573
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press, (31 May 2026)
- Number of Pages
- 248
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 234 x 156 mm
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