TY  - BOOK
AU  - Secord,James A.
TI  - Visions of science: books and readers at the dawn of the Victorian age 
SN  - 022620328X
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Chicago
PB  - The University of Chicago Press
KW  - Books and reading
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - History
KW  - 19th century
KW  - English prose literature
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Literature and science
KW  - Science in popular culture
KW  - Science
KW  - Historiography
KW  - Scientific literature
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-292) and index; Introduction -- Fantastic voyages : Humphry Davy's Consolations in travel -- The economy of intelligence : Charles Babbage's Reflections on the decline of science in England -- The conduct of everyday life : John Herschel's Preliminary discourse on the study of natural philosophy -- Mathematics for the million? : Mary Somerville's On the connexion of the physical sciences -- A philosophy for a new science : Charles Lyell's Principles of geology -- The problem of mind : George Combe's Constitution of man -- The torch of science : Thomas Carlyle's Sartor Resartus -- Epilogue
ER  -