Fact and Feeling
| Author | : Jonathan Smith |
| Publisher | : Univ of Wisconsin Press |
| Total Pages | : 294 |
| Release | : 1994 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0299143546 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780299143541 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (41 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Fact and Feeling by : Jonathan Smith
Download or read book Fact and Feeling written by Jonathan Smith and published by Univ of Wisconsin Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Considering science as a form of cultural discourse like literature, music, and religion, explores the contacts and affinities between scientists and humanists in 19th-century Britain. The topics include Baconian induction, romantic methodologies of poetry and science, the uniformitarian imagination and The Voyage of the Beagle, John Ruskin, Edwin Abbot, and the quintessential Victorian merging of science and literature, Sherlock Holmes. Paper edition (unseen), $22.95. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
