Science and eccentricity in early nineteenth-century Britain
This dissertation is about the perceived relationship between science and eccentricity in early nineteenth-century Britain. Taking a cultural-historical approach, it explores how ideas about science and eccentricity gave order and meaning to people’s lives. It begins by examining how eccentricity wa...
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University of Cambridge
2006
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Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.597312 |