Imperial Nature: Joseph Hooker and the Practices of Victorian Science

by Jim Endersby

Book Overview

Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817-1911) was an internationally renowned botanist, a close friend and early supporter of Charles Darwin, and one of the first--and most successful--British men of science to become a full-time professional. He was also, Jim Endersby argues, the perfect embodiment of Victorian science. A vivid picture of the complex interrelationships of scientific work and scientific ideas, Imperial Nature gracefully uses one individual's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226207927
• ISBN13: 9780226207926
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.9" x 8.9"