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Download or read book Useful Knowledge written by Alan Rauch and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2001-07-17 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nineteenth-century England witnessed an unprecedented increase in the number of publications and institutions devoted to the creation and the dissemination of knowledge: encyclopedias, scientific periodicals, instruction manuals, scientific societies, children’s literature, mechanics’ institutes, museums of natural history, and lending libraries. In Useful Knowledge Alan Rauch presents a social, cultural, and literary history of this new knowledge industry and traces its relationships within nineteenth-century literature, ending with its eventual confrontation with Charles Darwin’s Origin of Species. Rauch discusses both the influence and the ideology of knowledge in terms of how it affected nineteenth-century anxieties about moral responsibility and religious beliefs. Drawing on a wide array of literary, scientific, and popular works of the period, the book focusses on the growing importance of scientific knowledge and its impact on Victorian culture. From discussions of Jane Webb Loudon’s The Mummy! and Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, to Charlotte Brontë’s The Professor, Charles Kingsley’s Alton Locke, and George Eliot’s Mill on the Floss, Rauch paints a fascinating picture of nineteenth-century culture and addresses issues related to the proliferation of knowledge and the moral issues of this time period. Useful Knowledge touches on social and cultural anxieties that offer both historical and contemporary insights on our ongoing preoccupation with knowledge. Useful Knowledge will appeal to readers interested in nineteenth century history, literature, culture, the mediation of knowledge, and the history of science.
Book Synopsis The Society for Useful Knowledge by : Jonathan Lyons
Download or read book The Society for Useful Knowledge written by Jonathan Lyons and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2014-06-10 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A spellbinding, rich history of the American Enlightenment-think 1776 meets The Metaphysical Club.
Book Synopsis The Usefulness of Useless Knowledge by : Abraham Flexner
Download or read book The Usefulness of Useless Knowledge written by Abraham Flexner and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2017-02-21 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A short, provocative book about why "useless" science often leads to humanity's greatest technological breakthroughs A forty-year tightening of funding for scientific research has meant that resources are increasingly directed toward applied or practical outcomes, with the intent of creating products of immediate value. In such a scenario, it makes sense to focus on the most identifiable and urgent problems, right? Actually, it doesn't. In his classic essay "The Usefulness of Useless Knowledge," Abraham Flexner, the founding director of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton and the man who helped bring Albert Einstein to the United States, describes a great paradox of scientific research. The search for answers to deep questions, motivated solely by curiosity and without concern for applications, often leads not only to the greatest scientific discoveries but also to the most revolutionary technological breakthroughs. In short, no quantum mechanics, no computer chips. This brief book includes Flexner's timeless 1939 essay alongside a new companion essay by Robbert Dijkgraaf, the Institute's current director, in which he shows that Flexner's defense of the value of "the unobstructed pursuit of useless knowledge" may be even more relevant today than it was in the early twentieth century. Dijkgraaf describes how basic research has led to major transformations in the past century and explains why it is an essential precondition of innovation and the first step in social and cultural change. He makes the case that society can achieve deeper understanding and practical progress today and tomorrow only by truly valuing and substantially funding the curiosity-driven "pursuit of useless knowledge" in both the sciences and the humanities.
Book Synopsis Elements of Useful Knowledge by : Noah Webster
Download or read book Elements of Useful Knowledge written by Noah Webster and published by . This book was released on 1815 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Useful Knowledge of William Hutton by : Susan E. Whyman
Download or read book The Useful Knowledge of William Hutton written by Susan E. Whyman and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2018 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Susan Whyman's latest book tells the story of William Hutton, a self-taught workman who rose to prominence during the Industrial Revolution in the rapidly-expanding city of Birmingham.
Book Synopsis The Useful Knowledge Reading Books by : Anonymous
Download or read book The Useful Knowledge Reading Books written by Anonymous and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-06-10 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1872.
Book Synopsis The American Almanac and Repository of Useful Knowledge by :
Download or read book The American Almanac and Repository of Useful Knowledge written by and published by . This book was released on 1833 with total page 682 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Book Synopsis The Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by : Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge
Download or read book The Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge written by Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge and published by . This book was released on 1842 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Biographical Dictionary of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge-- by : Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain)
Download or read book The Biographical Dictionary of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge-- written by Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) and published by . This book was released on 1844 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffussion of Useful Knowledge written by and published by . This book was released on 1838 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The American Almanac and Repository of useful knowledge, for the year 1843 by : David H Williams
Download or read book The American Almanac and Repository of useful knowledge, for the year 1843 written by David H Williams and published by . This book was released on 1843 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A Scientific and Popular Treasury of Useful Knowledge by : Alvin J. Johnson & Son
Download or read book A Scientific and Popular Treasury of Useful Knowledge written by Alvin J. Johnson & Son and published by . This book was released on 1880 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Book Synopsis The Penny Cyclopedia of The Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by : Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain)
Download or read book The Penny Cyclopedia of The Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge written by Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) and published by . This book was released on 1835 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The National Cyclopaedia of Useful Knowledge written by and published by . This book was released on 1853 with total page 1038 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge written by and published by . This book was released on 1843 with total page 848 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
