1st Edition
Science, Time and Space in the Late Nineteenth-Century Periodical Press Movable Types
By James Mussell
Copyright 2007
251 Pages
by
Routledge
252 Pages
by
Routledge
251 Pages
by
Routledge
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James Mussell reads nineteenth-century scientific debates in light of recent theoretical discussions of scientific writing to propose a new methodology for understanding the periodical press in terms of its movements in time and space. That there is no disjunction between text and object is already recognized in science studies, Mussell argues; however, this principle should also be extended to... Read more
Contents: Preface; Introduction: 'Movable types'. Part 1 Spaces: Astronomy and the representation of space; The spectacular spaces of science and detection in the Strand Magazine. Part 2 Times: Representing the present; Discovery and the circulation of names; Periodicity and the rhythms of 19th-century science; Conclusions: 19th-century electricity in the electronic age; Bibliography; Index.
Biography
James Mussell is a postdoctoral research assistant on the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (ncse) and lectures on English literature at various universities in London.
