Visions of Science

Jim Secord is Professor of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge, Director of the Darwin Correspondence Project, and a fellow of Christ's College. His research and teaching is on the history of science from the late eighteenth century to the present. He has published several books, including Controversy in Victorian Geology (Princeton, 1986) and editions of the works of Mary Somerville, Charles Lyell, and Robert Chambers. Victorian Sensation: The Extraordinary Publication, Reception, and Secret Authorship of Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation (Chicago, 2000), an account of the public debates about evolution in the mid-nineteenth century, won the Pfizer Prize of the History of Science Society and the award for the best book in history from the Association of American Publishers' Professional/Scholarly Publishing Division.

Preface
Introduction
1: Fantastic Voyages: Humphry Davy's Consolations in Travel
2: The Economy of Intelligence: Charles Babbage's Reflections on the Decline of Science
3: The Conduct of Everyday Life: John Herschel's Preliminary Discourse on the Study of Natural Philosophy
4: Mathematics for the Million?: Mary Somerville's On the Connexion of the Physical Sciences
5: A Philosophy for a New Science: Charles Lyell's Principles of Geology
6: The Problem of Mind: George Combe's Constitution of Man
7: The Torch of Science: Thomas Carlyle's Sartor Resartus
Epilogue
Chronology
Further Reading
Abbreviations
Notes
Bibliography of Works after 1900
Index