Victorian Literature and the Physics of the Imponderable

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Victorian Literature and the Physics of the Imponderable
Victorian Literature and the Physics of the Imponderable
Author : Sarah C Alexander
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Publisher : Routledge
Language : English
Release Date : 06 October 2015
ISBN : 9781317316800
Pages : 294 pages
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Victorian Literature and the Physics of the Imponderable by Sarah C Alexander Book PDF Summary

The Victorians were obsessed with the empirical but were frequently frustrated by the sizeable gaps in their understanding of the world around them. This study examines how literature and popular culture adopted the emerging language of physics to explain the unknown or ‘imponderable’.

Victorian Literature and the Physics of the Imponderable

Victorian Literature and the Physics of the Imponderable by Sarah C Alexander

The Victorians were obsessed with the empirical but were frequently frustrated by the sizeable gaps in their understanding of the world around them. This study examines how literature and popular culture adopted the emerging language of physics to explain the unknown or ‘imponderable’.

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Victorian Literature and the Physics of the Imponderable

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