1st Edition
George Wilson's Vision of Early Victorian Science and Technology Unity in Variety
By David F. Channell
Copyright 2023
226 Pages
by
Routledge
226 Pages
by
Routledge
226 Pages
by
Routledge
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This volume is a comprehensive study of George Wilson, a leading advocate for evangelical science and for the role of biology in technology – it examines his work to develop a unitary vision of Victorian science and technology by drawing upon religion, transcendental natural history, and Baconian philosophy
George Wilson was the first Regius Professor of Technology at the University of... Read more
1. A New Variety: Science and Technology in the First Half of the Nineteenth Century 2. From Medicine to Chemistry: Wilson’s Early Years 3. Unity in Variety: Wilson’s Theology of Nature 4. Wilson’s Methodology of Science 5. The Eye and the Hand: Wilson’s Biological View of Technology 6. Wilson’s Industrial Museum 7. Epilogue: Victorian Science and Technology after George Wilson
Biography
David F. Channell received his Ph.D. in the history of science and technology from Case Western Reserve University. He is on the faculty of the University of Texas at Dallas where he is Professor of History/History of Ideas. He has authored six books on the history of science and technology.
