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A science of our own : exhibitions and the rise of Australian public science / Peter H. Hoffenberg

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Hoffenberg, Peter H., 1960-
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Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2019]
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Contents
Intro; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; One -- "Nearly All Possible and Impossible Things Under the Sun"; Two -- "Men Who Are an Ornament to Science"; Three -- "From the Empire of Plants I Have Always Endeavoured"; Four -- "Dwellers in the Desert Living in Tents"; Five -- "The Physical, Social, and Moral Conditions of Man"; Conclusions; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Summary
"When the Reverend Henry Carmichael opened the Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts in 1833, he introduced a bold directive: for Australia to advance on the scale of nations, it needed to develop a science of its own. Prominent scientists in the colonies of New South Wales and Victoria answered this call by participating in popular exhibitions far and near, from London's Crystal Place in 1851 to Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, and Brisbane during the final decades of the nineteenth century"--
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9780822987062 (electronic book)
0822987066 (electronic book)
9780822945765
0822945762
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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