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Science, God, and Nature in Victorian Canada  The 1982 Joanne Goodman  Lectures

Science, God, and Nature in Victorian Canada The 1982 Joanne Goodman Lectures Trade paperback - 1983

by Berger, Carl

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University of Toronto Press. Fine with no dust jacket. 1983. Trade Paperback. 0802065236 . A bright red Trade Paperback with white lettering on the cover. Light edgewear on the top, with a pristine interior. ; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 92 pages .
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  • Title Science, God, and Nature in Victorian Canada The 1982 Joanne Goodman Lectures
  • Author Berger, Carl
  • Binding Trade Paperback
  • Edition First edition
  • Condition Used - Fine with no dust jacket
  • Pages 112
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of Toronto Press, Toronto, ON, Canada
  • Date 1983
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 4920
  • ISBN 9780802065230 / 0802065236
  • Weight 0.34 lbs (0.15 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.27 in (21.59 x 13.97 x 0.69 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 19th Century
    • Cultural Region: Canadian
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 83214922
  • Dewey Decimal Code 508.71

From the publisher

Professor Berger aims in this book to 'explore the rise, expression, and relative decline of the idea of natural history' in Canada, during the age of Victoria. Science, particularly natural science, was then accessible to the general public in a way scarcely imaginable today. Natural history societies were set up in a number of cities and provided a focus for the descriptive and collecting activities of amateurs and incipient professionals. These societies acted as social clubs and vehicles for self-improvement as well as providing excellent training for the amateur scientist. The Baconian assumptions that inspired the Victorian collectors and scientists were one of the major victims of the Darwinian revolution, and their demise brought about the gradual decline of the natural history societies. Professor Berger considers also the sense of wonder and reverence with which Victorian Canadians, like their British contemporaries, looked at the varieties and delights of nature. The British tradition of natural theology had a great impact on the pursuit of science in Victorian Canada, leading naturalists and poets alike to seek in the uncharted flora and fauna of their new land the handiwork of a benevolent God. The author examines the impact of the discoveries of Darwin on this tradition and on the relations between science and religion, as the creator and the act of creation became more and more distant in time and more tenuously connected to the world of nature around us.

His study provides many rich insights into the practice and theory of natural history in an age when even a veteran politician could look back and recall, with understanding and in detail, the world of nature in the countryside of his youth.

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About the author

Carl Berger, FRSC, is an emeritus professor in the Department of History at the University of Toronto.