Victorian literature and the physics of the imponderable /:

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 â#x80;#x98;imponderableâ#x8...

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1. Verfasser: Alexander, Sarah (Sarah C.) (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: London : Pickering & Chatto, 2015.
Schriftenreihe:Science and culture in the nineteenth century ; no. 26.
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Zusammenfassung: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 â#x80;#x98;imponderableâ#x80;#x99.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (ix, 204 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781781447901
178144790X
9781781447918
1781447918
9781317316817
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9781848935662
1848935668

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