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Scientist of Empire: Sir Roderick Murchison, Scientific Exploration and Victorian Imperialism Stafford, Robert A. (La Trobe University, Victoria)
Scientist of Empire: Sir Roderick Murchison, Scientific Exploration and Victorian Imperialism
Stafford, Robert A. (La Trobe University, Victoria)
Sir Roderick Murchison was an eminent Victorian, as notable for his idenfication of the Silurican system in geology as for his patronage of David Livingstone and other Victorian exploration. This study of Murchison emerged as the eminent Victorian who 'sold' science to the imperial government.
306 pages, 7 colour illus.
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | February 15, 1990 |
| ISBN13 | 9780521335379 |
| Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
| Pages | 306 |
| Dimensions | 158 × 237 × 27 mm · 634 g |
| Language | English |