John Herschel's Cape Voyage: Private Science, Public Imagination and the Ambitions of Empire (Science, Technology, and Culture, 1700-1945)
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Author(s)Steven Ruskin, John F. W. Herschel
PublisherAshgate Pub Ltd
ISBN / ASIN0754635589
ISBN-139780754635581
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CategoryHardcover
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
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Demonstrates the reason for Herschel's renown was due to the notion that his voyage was aligned with imperial ambition. It is the purpose of this book to make a case for the scientific, cultural and political singificance of his voyage and observations, as a means of demonstrating the relationship of science to imperial culture.
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