A Science of Our Own: Exhibitions and the Rise of Australian Public Science
(Part of the Science and Culture in the Nineteenth Century Series)
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When the Reverend Henry Carmichael opened the Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts in 1833, he introduced a bold directive: for Australia to advance on the scale of nations, it needed to develop a science of its own. Prominent scientists in the colonies of New South Wales and Victoria answered this call by participating in popular exhibitions far and near, from London's Crystal Place in 1851 to Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, and Brisbane during the final...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0822945762
ISBN13:9780822945765
Release Date:November 2019
Publisher:University of Pittsburgh Press
Length:206 Pages
Weight:1.01 lbs.
Dimensions:1.1" x 6.3" x 9.1"
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