Science and Eccentricity

Collecting, Writing and Performing Science for Early Nineteenth-Century Audiences

Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Science, Other Sciences, History
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Author: Victoria Carroll ISBN: 9780822981817
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press Publication: July 15, 2008
Imprint: University of Pittsburgh Press Language: English
Author: Victoria Carroll
ISBN: 9780822981817
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Publication: July 15, 2008
Imprint: University of Pittsburgh Press
Language: English

The concept of eccentricity was central to how people in the nineteenth century understood their world. This monograph is the first scholarly history of eccentricity. Carroll explores how discourses of eccentricity were established to make sense of individuals who did not seem to fit within an increasingly organized social and economic order. She focuses on the self-taught natural philosopher William Martin, the fossilist Thomas Hawkins and the taxidermist Charles Waterton.

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The concept of eccentricity was central to how people in the nineteenth century understood their world. This monograph is the first scholarly history of eccentricity. Carroll explores how discourses of eccentricity were established to make sense of individuals who did not seem to fit within an increasingly organized social and economic order. She focuses on the self-taught natural philosopher William Martin, the fossilist Thomas Hawkins and the taxidermist Charles Waterton.

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