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Case studies of three little-known enthusiasts for science are the core of this book. William Martin (1772-1851) "performed" science. He demonstrated his inventions to skeptical crowds and encouraged audience participation during lectures on his anti-Newtonian natural philosophy. Thomas Hawkins (1810-1889) wrote science-large, expensive, illustrated books on fossils. Charles Waterton (1782-1865) collected natural history objects in the Americas and displayed them in his country house/museum, where he also constructed himself as an object of interest to visitors. The idiosyncracies of Carroll's chosen individuals are conspicuous but, she is careful to demonstrate, these three exemplars of eccentricity were eccentric by the conventions of early-nineteenth century England. (The omission of England or English from the title is an oversight. Martin and Waterton performed and displayed in the north of England; Hawkins participated in London scientific society.) "Defining Eccentricity in Early Nineteenth-Century Britain" is the topic of Chapter 1. The back-cover claim that the concept of eccentricity "was central to how people in the nineteenth century understood their world" goes far bey

Author

Nancy D. Campbell

Publisher

John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (John Wiley & Sons); John Wiley & Sons Inc.; Wiley (ISSN 0022-5061)

Published

2009

Language

EN