Science for All

William H. Brock, University of Kent, UK

'...this collection...brings together in one convenient volume a number of significant essays hitherto scattered in...literature or unpublished.' Endeavour

• Contents: The spectrum of science patronage; Advancing science: The British Association and the profesional practice of science; The society for the perpetuation of Gmelin: The Cavendish Society 1846-72; The Cavendish Society's wonderful repertory of chemistry: notes and discussions; The selection of the authors of the Bridgewater Treatises; William Bollaert, Faraday and the Royal Institution; Glaucus: Kingsley and the seaside naturalists; Liebig's and Hofmann's impact on British scientific culture; Humboldt and the British: a note on the character of British science; Science education; ’Observe, experiment and conclude’: Finsbury College's new course of experimental philosophy in 1879-80; Geometry and the universities: Euclid and his modern rivals, 1860-1901; Squared paper in the 19th century: instrument of science and engineering and symbol of reform in mathematical education (with M.H. Price); Science, technology and education in The English Mechanic; The decline of science; The Japanese connexion: engineering in Tokyo, London and Glasgow at the end of the 19th century; Queenwood College revisited; School science examinations: sacrifice or stimulus?; Science for all; Addenda et corrigenda; Index.