When physics became king [electronic resource] / Iwan Rhys Morus.
Material type: TextPublication details: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2005.Description: 1 online resource (xii, 303 p.) : illISBN:- 9780226542003 (electronic bk.)
- 0226542009 (electronic bk.)
- 530/.094 22
- QC9.E89 M67 2005eb
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-295) and index.
List of illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Queen of the sciences -- 2. A revolutionary science -- 3. The romance of nature -- 4. The science of showmanship -- 5. The science of work -- 6. Mysterious fluids and forces -- 7. Mapping the heavens -- 8. Places of precision -- 9. Imperial physics -- Bibliographic essay -- Index.
A cultural history of the development of physics in the 19th century.
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