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How the Victorians Took Us to the Moon: The Story of the 19th-Century Innovators Who Forged Our Future

byIwan Rhys Morus

The rich and fascinating history of the scientific revolution of the Victorian Era, leading to transformative advances in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Drawing on scientific research, fieldwork, and chosen case studies, the narrative gives How the Victorians Took Us to the Moon a concrete sense of time, place, and consequence. Across the book, the story of the 19th-century innovators who forged our future becomes a way to examine power, adaptation, responsibility, and change within history and science. How the Victorians Took Us to the Moon emphasizes the specific circumstances that made this story possible and the consequences that followed.

Publisher

Pegasus Books

Publication date

2022

Format

Print edition

Pages

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ISBN

9781639362608