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The 19th century was an age of transformation in science, when scientists were rewarded for their new discoveries with increased social status and authority. This book shows the scientific life of Victorian Britain by placing the sciences in the wider cultural marketplace. It links larger societal changes to the evolution of popular science.

Science in the Marketplace NineteenthCentury

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      Publisher: University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: 11/20/2007 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780226276502, 978-0226276502
      ISBN10: 0226276503
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      Book Synopsis
      The 19th century was an age of transformation in science, when scientists were rewarded for their new discoveries with increased social status and authority. This book shows the scientific life of Victorian Britain by placing the sciences in the wider cultural marketplace. It links larger societal changes to the evolution of popular science.

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