Victorian Literature and the Physics of the Imponderable Image close
Victorian Literature and the Physics of the Imponderable by Sarah Alexander
Victorian Literature and the Physics of the Imponderable by Sarah Alexander
Show Hide Adult Content

Non-Fiction Books:

Home  
Books  
Non-Fiction  
Maths & Science  
Science: general issues  
History of science

Victorian Literature and the Physics of the Imponderable

Sorry, this product is not currently available to order

Here are some other products you might consider...

Explore more Science and Culture in the Nineteenth Century

See all products in this series

Victorian Interdisciplinarity and the Sciences on Hardback
$161.99
Victorian Interdisciplinarity and the Sciences
Hardback
Pre-order - out 14 May 2024
Adolphe Quetelet by Kevin Donnelly
$111.99
$115.99
Adolphe Quetelet
by Kevin Donnelly ~ Paperback / softback
Available - Usually ships in 3-4 weeks
Communicating Physics by Josep Simon
$143.99
Communicating Physics
by Josep Simon ~ Paperback / softback
Available - Usually ships in 3-4 weeks
Free Will and the Human Sciences in Britain, 1870-1910 by Roger Smith
$143.99
Free Will and the Human Sciences in Britain, 1870-1910
by Roger Smith ~ Paperback / softback
Available - Usually ships in 3-4 weeks
The Science of History in Victorian Britain by Ian Hesketh
$103.99
$106.99
The Science of History in Victorian Britain
by Ian Hesketh ~ Paperback / softback
Available - Usually ships in 3-4 weeks
Uncommon Contexts: Encounters between Science and Literature, 1800-1914
$142.99
$146.99
Uncommon Contexts: Encounters between Science and Literature,...
Paperback / softback
Available - Usually ships in 3-4 weeks
Communities of Science in Nineteenth-Century Ireland by Juliana Adelman Save $6
$162.99
$168.99
Communities of Science in Nineteenth-Century Ireland
by Juliana Adelman ~ Paperback / softback
Available - Usually ships in 3-4 weeks
Styles of Reasoning in the British Life Sciences by James Elwick
$142.99
$146.99
Styles of Reasoning in the British Life Sciences
by James Elwick ~ Paperback / softback
Available - Usually ships in 3-4 weeks
Science and Eccentricity by Victoria Carroll
$142.99
$146.99
Science and Eccentricity
by Victoria Carroll ~ Paperback / softback
Available - Usually ships in 3-4 weeks
The Making of Modern Anthrax, 1875-1920 by James F. Stark Save $6
$143.99
$149.99
The Making of Modern Anthrax, 1875-1920
by James F. Stark ~ Paperback / softback
Available - Usually ships in 3-4 weeks
Recreating Newton by Rebekah Higgitt Save $5
$157.99
$162.99
Recreating Newton
by Rebekah Higgitt ~ Paperback / softback
Available - Usually ships in 3-4 weeks
Medicine and Modernism by L.S Jacyna
$157.99
Medicine and Modernism
by L.S Jacyna ~ Paperback / softback
Available - Usually ships in 3-4 weeks
Scientific Advice to the Nineteenth-Century British State on Hardback by Roland Jackson Save $7
$174.99
$181.99
Scientific Advice to the Nineteenth-Century British State
by Roland Jackson ~ Hardback
Available - Usually ships in 3-4 weeks
Evolutions and Religious Traditions in the Long Nineteenth Century on Hardback Save $51
$143.99
$195.00
Evolutions and Religious Traditions in the Long Nineteenth Century
Hardback
Available - Usually ships in 2-3 weeks
The Medical Trade Catalogue in Britain, 1870-1914 by Claire L. Jones
$142.99
$146.99
The Medical Trade Catalogue in Britain, 1870-1914
by Claire L. Jones ~ Paperback / softback
Available - Usually ships in 3-4 weeks
The Age of Scientific Naturalism Save $6
$155.99
$161.99
The Age of Scientific Naturalism
Paperback / softback
Available - Usually ships in 3-4 weeks

Explore more by Sarah Alexander

See all books by this author

Transforming Performance at Work by Sarah Alexander 19% off!
$57.99
$71.99
Transforming Performance at Work
by Sarah Alexander ~ Paperback / softback
Available - Usually ships in 2-3 weeks
The Art of Not Breathing by Sarah Alexander 19% off!
$25.99
$31.99
The Art of Not Breathing
by Sarah Alexander ~ Paperback / softback
Available - Usually ships in 3-4 weeks

Recommended for you

Recommended from your browsing history

Victorian Literature and the Physics of the Imponderable

Click to share your rating 0 ratings (0.0/5.0 average) Thanks for your vote!

By:

Format:

Paperback / softback
Unavailable
Sorry, this product is not currently available to order

Description

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 spaces between the material and immaterial. This book examines how the emerging language of the "imponderable" helped Victorian writers and physicists make sense of new experiences of modernity. As Sarah Alexander argues, while Victorian physicists were theorizing ether, energy and entropy, and non-Euclidean space and atom theories, writers such as Charles Dickens, William Morris, and Joseph Conrad used concepts of the imponderable to explore key issues of capitalism, imperialism, and social unrest.

Author Biography:

Sarah C. Alexander is an associate professor of English at the University of Vermont.
Release date Australia
December 23rd, 2016
Audience
  • Professional & Vocational
Pages
216
ISBN-13
9780822964858
Product ID
26207118

Customer reviews

Nobody has reviewed this product yet. You could be the first!

Write a Review

Marketplace listings

There are no Marketplace listings available for this product currently.
Already own it? Create a free listing and pay just 9% commission when it sells!

Sell Yours Here

Help & options

Filed under...

Books >
Non-Fiction >
Maths & Science >
Science: general issues >
History of science
Books >
Non-Fiction >
Reference >
General Studies >
Cultural studies >
History of ideas, intellectual history
Books >
Non-Fiction >
Humanities >
History >
History of specific subjects >
Social history
Books >
Literature & literary studies >
Literature: history & criticism >
Literary studies: general >
Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900