Victorian Literature and the Physics of the Imponderable

Victorian Literature and the Physics of the Imponderable
Author :
Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 295
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781317316800
ISBN-13 : 1317316800
Rating : 4/5 (800 Downloads)
DOWNLOAD EBOOK
Book Synopsis Victorian Literature and the Physics of the Imponderable by : Sarah C Alexander

Download or read book Victorian Literature and the Physics of the Imponderable written by Sarah C Alexander and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-10-06 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Victorians were obsessed with the empirical but were frequently frustrated by the sizeable gaps in their understanding of the world around them. This study examines how literature and popular culture adopted the emerging language of physics to explain the unknown or ‘imponderable’.


Victorian Literature and the Physics of the Imponderable Related Books

Victorian Literature and the Physics of the Imponderable
Language: en
Pages: 295

Victorian Literature and the Physics of the Imponderable

Authors: Sarah C Alexander
Categories: Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-10-06 - Publisher: Routledge

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The Victorians were obsessed with the empirical but were frequently frustrated by the sizeable gaps in their understanding of the world around them. This study
Weird Fiction and Science at the Fin de Siècle
Language: en
Pages: 254

Weird Fiction and Science at the Fin de Siècle

Authors: Emily Alder
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-01-07 - Publisher: Springer Nature

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This book explores how nineteenth-century science stimulated the emergence of weird tales at the fin de siècle, and examines weird fiction by British writers w
Victorian Sustainability in Literature and Culture
Language: en
Pages: 386

Victorian Sustainability in Literature and Culture

Authors: Wendy Parkins
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-11-10 - Publisher: Routledge

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

From a growing awareness of the depletion of energy resources and the perils of environmental degradation to the founding of self-sufficient communities and the
Adolphe Quetelet, Social Physics and the Average Men of Science, 1796–1874
Language: en
Pages: 232

Adolphe Quetelet, Social Physics and the Average Men of Science, 1796–1874

Authors: Kevin Donnelly
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-07-28 - Publisher: Routledge

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Adolphe Quetelet was an influential scientist whose controversial work was condemned by John Stuart Mill and Charles Dickens. He was in contact with many Victor
Victorian Medicine and Popular Culture
Language: en
Pages: 290

Victorian Medicine and Popular Culture

Authors: Louise Penner
Categories: Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-09-12 - Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This collection of essays explores the rise of scientific medicine and its impact on Victorian popular culture. Chapters include an examination of Charles Dicke