Bloomsbury Scientists : : science and art in the wake of Darwin / / Michael Charles Boulter.

Bloomsbury Scientists is the story of the network of scientists and artists living in a square mile of London before and after World War I. This inspired group of men and women viewed creativity and freedom as the driving force behind nature, and each strove to understand this in their own inventive...

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Place / Publishing House:London : : UCL Press,, 2017.
Year of Publication:2017
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxii, 175 pages)
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Table of Contents:
  • Two funerals, 1882-3
  • Lankester takes over, 1884-90
  • Eccentric campaigners, 1890s
  • Insiders and outsiders, 1890s
  • A new breed of professional, 1890-1904
  • A new breed of biologist, 1900-10
  • The rise of eugenics, 1901-14
  • Old habits die hard, 1901-14
  • Time passes, 1914-18
  • The one culture, 1920s and 1930s.