The Cultural Meaning of Popular Science
Subtitle: Phrenology and the Organization of Consent in Nineteenth-Century Britain (Cambridge Studies in the History of Medicine)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: February 22, 1985
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 432
ISBN-13: 9780521227438
Subjects: History of medicine; Science/Mathematics; History Of Science; Sociology Of Science; United Kingdom, Great Britain; Social aspects; Great Britain; Medical / History; Science--Great Britain--History; History; 19th century; Phrenology; Science
First sentence: Historical interest in phrenology is almost as old as phrenology itself, and in many ways its study is as revealing.