Science, God, and Nature in Victorian Canada: The 1982 Joanne Goodman Lectures

by Carl Berger

Book Overview

Professor Berger aims in this book to 'explore the rise, expression, and relative decline of the idea of natural history' in Canada, during the age of Victoria. Science, particularly natural science, was then accessible to the general public in a way scarcely imaginable today. Natural history societies were set up in a number of cities and provided a focus for the descriptive and collecting activities of amateurs and incipient professionals. These...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802065236
• ISBN13: 9780802065230
• Release Date: December 1983
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"