Victorian Literature and the Physics of the Imponderable
(Part of the Science and Culture in the Nineteenth Century Series)
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The Victorians are known for their commitment to materialism, evidenced by the dominance of empiricism in the sciences and realism in fiction. Yet there were other strains of thinking during the period in the physical sciences, social sciences, and literature that privileged the spacesbetweenthe material and immaterial. This book examines how the emerging language of the "imponderable" helped Victorian writers and physicists make sense of new experiences...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0822964856
ISBN13:9780822964858
Release Date:December 2016
Publisher:University of Pittsburgh Press
Length:216 Pages
Weight:1.40 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"
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