Periodicals played a vital role in the developments in science and medicine that transformed nineteenth-century Britain. Proliferating from a mere handful to ma

Magazines and periodicals played a far greater role than books in influencing the Victorians' understanding of the new discoveries and theories in science, tech

Not since the printing press has a media object been as celebrated for its role in the advancement of knowledge as the scientific journal. From open communicati

The nineteenth century witnessed a dramatic shift in the display and dissemination of natural knowledge across Britain and America, from private collections of

In Geographies of Nineteenth-Century Science, David N. Livingstone and Charles W. J. Withers gather essays that deftly navigate the spaces of science in this si