Author: William Sewell (D.D.)
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 188
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Christian Vestiges of Creation
Author: William Sewell (D.D.)
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 188
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 188
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An Expository Outline of the "Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation."
Author: Samuel Laing
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Category : Evolution
Languages : en
Pages : 80
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Category : Evolution
Languages : en
Pages : 80
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Victorian Sensation
Author: James A. Secord
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022615825X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 645
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Fiction or philosophy, profound knowledge or shocking heresy? When Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation was published anonymously in 1844, it sparked one of the greatest sensations of the Victorian era. More than a hundred thousand readers were spellbound by its startling vision—an account of the world that extended from the formation of the solar system to the spiritual destiny of humanity. As gripping as a popular novel, Vestiges combined all the current scientific theories in fields ranging from astronomy and geology to psychology and economics. The book was banned, it was damned, it was hailed as the gospel for a new age. This is where our own public controversies about evolution began. In a pioneering cultural history, James A. Secord uses the story of Vestiges to create a panoramic portrait of life in the early industrial era from the perspective of its readers. We join apprentices in a factory town as they debate the consequences of an evolutionary ancestry. We listen as Prince Albert reads aloud to Queen Victoria from a book that preachers denounced as blasphemy vomited from the mouth of Satan. And we watch as Charles Darwin turns its pages in the flea-ridden British Museum library, fearful for the fate of his own unpublished theory of evolution. Using secret letters, Secord reveals how Vestiges was written and how the anonymity of its author was maintained for forty years. He also takes us behind the scenes to a bustling world of publishers, printers, and booksellers to show how the furor over the book reflected the emerging industrial economy of print. Beautifully written and based on painstaking research, Victorian Sensation offers a new approach to literary history, the history of reading, and the history of science. Profusely illustrated and full of fascinating stories, it is the most comprehensive account of the making and reception of a book (other than the Bible) ever attempted. Winner of the 2002 Pfizer Award from the History of Science Society
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022615825X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 645
Book Description
Fiction or philosophy, profound knowledge or shocking heresy? When Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation was published anonymously in 1844, it sparked one of the greatest sensations of the Victorian era. More than a hundred thousand readers were spellbound by its startling vision—an account of the world that extended from the formation of the solar system to the spiritual destiny of humanity. As gripping as a popular novel, Vestiges combined all the current scientific theories in fields ranging from astronomy and geology to psychology and economics. The book was banned, it was damned, it was hailed as the gospel for a new age. This is where our own public controversies about evolution began. In a pioneering cultural history, James A. Secord uses the story of Vestiges to create a panoramic portrait of life in the early industrial era from the perspective of its readers. We join apprentices in a factory town as they debate the consequences of an evolutionary ancestry. We listen as Prince Albert reads aloud to Queen Victoria from a book that preachers denounced as blasphemy vomited from the mouth of Satan. And we watch as Charles Darwin turns its pages in the flea-ridden British Museum library, fearful for the fate of his own unpublished theory of evolution. Using secret letters, Secord reveals how Vestiges was written and how the anonymity of its author was maintained for forty years. He also takes us behind the scenes to a bustling world of publishers, printers, and booksellers to show how the furor over the book reflected the emerging industrial economy of print. Beautifully written and based on painstaking research, Victorian Sensation offers a new approach to literary history, the history of reading, and the history of science. Profusely illustrated and full of fascinating stories, it is the most comprehensive account of the making and reception of a book (other than the Bible) ever attempted. Winner of the 2002 Pfizer Award from the History of Science Society
Views of the Architecture of the Heavens
Author: John Pringle Nichol
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Category : Nebulae
Languages : en
Pages : 220
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Category : Nebulae
Languages : en
Pages : 220
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Inspiration and Interpretation
Author: Augustus CLISSOLD
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 184
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 184
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New Church Repository
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Category : New Jerusalem Church
Languages : en
Pages : 602
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Category : New Jerusalem Church
Languages : en
Pages : 602
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The American Cyclopaedia
Author: George Ripley
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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 942
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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 942
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The American Cyclopædia
Author: George Ripley
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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 918
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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 918
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Catalogue of the Apprentices Library
Author: Anonymous
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3382507196
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 549
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1874. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3382507196
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 549
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1874. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.
Authors and Their Works with Dates
Author: Ebenezer Cobham Brewer
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 312
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Publisher:
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 312
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