When physics became king [electronic resource] /
Iwan Rhys Morus.
- University of Chicago Press, 2005.
- 1 online resource (xii, 303 p.) : ill.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-295) and index.
List of illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Queen of the sciences -- A revolutionary science -- The romance of nature -- The science of showmanship -- The science of work -- Mysterious fluids and forces -- Mapping the heavens -- Places of precision -- Imperial physics -- Bibliographic essay -- Index. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
A cultural history of the development of physics in the 19th century.