Victorian Literature and the Physics of the Imponderable |
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| Author:
| Alexander, Sarah C. |
| Series title: | Sci and Culture in the Nineteenth Century Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-84893-566-2 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2015 |
| Publisher: | Routledge
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $45.00 |
Book Description:
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The Victorians were obsessed with the empirical but were frequently frustrated by the sizeable gaps in their understanding of the world around them. This study examines how literature and popular culture adopted the emerging language of physics to explain the unknown or 'imponderable'.
The Victorians were obsessed with the empirical but were frequently frustrated by the sizeable gaps in their understanding of the world around them. This study examines how literature and popular culture adopted the emerging language of physics to explain the unknown or 'imponderable'.