AI SearchThe poetry of Victorian scientists : | style, science and nonsense / (Record no. 109386)
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| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
| fixed length control field | 120517s2013 enk b 001 0 eng |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781107023376 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | SDU |
| 050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | PR595.S33 |
| Item number | B877 P 2013 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Brown, Daniel |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The poetry of Victorian scientists : |
| Remainder of title | style, science and nonsense / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Daniel Brown. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | Cambridge ; |
| -- | New York : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Cambridge University Press, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2013. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 310 p. |
| 490 0# - SERIES STATEMENT | |
| Series Statement | Cambridge studies in nineteenth-century literature and culture ; |
| Volume/sequential designation | 83 |
| 505 ## - Formatted Contents Note | |
| Formatted contents note | HKBU Library |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY | |
| Summary | "A surprising number of Victorian scientists wrote poetry. Many came to science as children through such games as the spinning-top, soap-bubbles and mathematical puzzles, and this playfulness carried through to both their professional work and writing of lyrical and satirical verse. This is the first study of an oddly neglected body of work that offers a unique record of the nature and cultures of Victorian science. Such figures as the physicist James Clerk Maxwell toy with ideas of nonsense, as through their poetry they strive to delineate the boundaries of the new professional science and discover the nature of scientific creativity. Also considering Edward Lear, Daniel Brown finds the Victorian renaissances in research science and nonsense literature to be curiously interrelated. Whereas science and literature studies have mostly focused upon canonical literary figures, this original and important book conversely explores the uses literature was put to by eminent Victorian scientists"-- |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY | |
| Summary | "Many came to science as children through such games as the spinning-top, soap-bubbles, and mathematical puzzles, and this playfulness carried through to both their professional work and writing of lyrical and satirical verse. This is the first study of an oddly neglected body of work that offers a unique record of the nature and cultures of Victorian science. Such figures as the physicist James Clerk Maxwell toy with ideas of nonsense, as through their poetry they strive to delineate the boundaries of the new professional science and discover the nature of scientific creativity"-- |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT | |
| Topical term | English poetry |
| Chronological subdivision | 19th century |
| General subdivision | History and criticism. |
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| Topical term | Scientists' writings. |
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| Topical term | Literature and science |
| Geographic subdivision | Great Britain |
| General subdivision | History |
| Chronological subdivision | 19th century. |
| 900 ## - Accession Number | |
| Accession Number | = C.1 SDU |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | English Books |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme | Library of Congress Classification |
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| -- | 210922 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT | |
| -- | 210923 |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Collection code | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Copy number | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Library of Congress Classification | Available for Loans | General Books | MATRIX Library | MATRIX Library | General Eng/FL.3 | 19/09/2025 | Donation | PR595.S33 B877 P 2013 | 1000373204 | 19/09/2025 | C.1 | 19/09/2025 | English Books |