Chapter ID: CBB001021050

“Very Vain Is Science' Proudest Boast”: The Resistance To Geological Theory in Early Nineteenth-Century England (2009)

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Heringman, Noah (Author)


Pages: 247-257
Publication date: 2009
Language: English


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Authors & Contributors
Bailes, Melissa
Buch, Dietrich von
Buckland, Adelene
Dean, Dennis R.
Geric, Michelle
Herries Davies, Gordon L.
Journals
Earth Sciences History: Journal of the History of the Earth Sciences Society
19: Interdisciplinary Studies in the Long Nineteenth Century
ATQ
Geohistorische Blätter
Journal of Literature and Science
Osiris: A Research Journal Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences
Publishers
Princeton University
Cambridge University Press
Fabrizio Serra Editore
Geological Society
Geological Society Publishing House
Scholars' Facsimiles & Reprints
Concepts
Geology
Earth sciences
Science and literature
National identity
Popularization
Science and culture
People
Lyell, Charles
Smith, Charlotte
Werner, Abraham Gottlob
Barbauld, Anna Letitia
Buch, Leopold von
Buckland, William
Time Periods
19th century
18th century
20th century
20th century, early
21st century
Places
Great Britain
Germany
Italy
United States
Caribbean
Mexico
Institutions
Geological Society of London
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