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Correspondence of John Tyndall, Volume 4, The

Ian Hesketh, Efram Sera-Shriar
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      The 329 letters in this volume represent a period of immense transition in John Tyndall's life. A noticeable spike in his extant correspondence during the early 1850s is linked to his expanding international network, growing reputation as a leading scientific figure in Britain and abroad, and his employment at the Royal Institution. By December 1854, Tyndall had firmly established himself as a significant man of science, complete with an influential position at the center of the British scientific establishment.Tyndall's letters throughout the period covered by this volume provide great insight into how he navigated a complicated course that led him into the upper echelons of the Victorian scientific world. And yet, while Tyndall was no longer as anxious about his scientific future as he was in previous volumes of his correspondence, these letters show a man struggling to come to terms with his newfound status, a struggle that was often reflected in his obsession with maintaining an "inflexible integrity" that guided his actions and deeds.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Ian Hesketh, Efram Sera-Shriar EAN: 9780822945253 COUNTRY: United States PAGES: WEIGHT: 0 g HEIGHT: 230 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: University of Pittsburgh Press DATE PUBLISHED: 2018-07-31 CITY: GENRE: SCIENCE / History WIDTH: 150 cm SPINE:

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      History of science

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      Ian Hesketh is an Australia Research Council Future Fellow in the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities at the University of Queensland. He is the author of Of Apes and Ancestors: Evolution, Christianity, and the Oxford Debate, The Science o Efram Sera-Shriar is research grants manager and museum research fellow for the Science Museum Group in London. He has published extensively on the history of the human sciences, including his book The Making of British Anthropology, 1813–1871
      The 329 letters in this volume represent a period of immense transition in John Tyndall's life. A noticeable spike in his extant correspondence during the early 1850s is linked to his expanding international network, growing reputation as a leading scientific figure in Britain and abroad, and his employment at the Royal Institution. By December 1854, Tyndall had firmly established himself as a significant man of science, complete with an influential position at the center of the British scientific establishment.Tyndall's letters throughout the period covered by this volume provide great insight into how he navigated a complicated course that led him into the upper echelons of the Victorian scientific world. And yet, while Tyndall was no longer as anxious about his scientific future as he was in previous volumes of his correspondence, these letters show a man struggling to come to terms with his newfound status, a struggle that was often reflected in his obsession with maintaining an "inflexible integrity" that guided his actions and deeds.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Ian Hesketh, Efram Sera-Shriar EAN: 9780822945253 COUNTRY: United States PAGES: WEIGHT: 0 g HEIGHT: 230 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: University of Pittsburgh Press DATE PUBLISHED: 2018-07-31 CITY: GENRE: SCIENCE / History WIDTH: 150 cm SPINE:

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      History of science

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      Ian Hesketh is an Australia Research Council Future Fellow in the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities at the University of Queensland. He is the author of Of Apes and Ancestors: Evolution, Christianity, and the Oxford Debate, The Science o Efram Sera-Shriar is research grants manager and museum research fellow for the Science Museum Group in London. He has published extensively on the history of the human sciences, including his book The Making of British Anthropology, 1813–1871

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