Archibald Liversidge, Frs: Imperial Science Under The Southern Cross (SIGNED)
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Book: Very good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: Signed with inscription
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At the crossroads of Victorian science and the burgeoning intellectual life of colonial Australia stands Archibald Liversidge, FRS — a man whose tireless ambition helped forge the scientific identity of a nation. Roy MacLeod's biography chronicles the remarkable life of Liversidge, a British-born chemist and mineralogist who became one of the most influential scientific figures in nineteenth-century Australia, shaping the University of Sydney and the broader landscape of imperial science from his adopted home beneath the Southern Cross. MacLeod, a distinguished historian of science, presents a sweeping narrative that situates Liversidge within the grand project of British imperial knowledge-making, illustrating how science functioned as both a cultural and political instrument across the Empire. Drawing on deep archival research, the work uncovers the intricate networks of correspondence, institution-building, and intellectual exchange that connected Sydney to London and beyond. For anyone captivated by the history of ideas, colonialism, or the personalities who built modern science, this biography raises a compelling question: how much of what we call national science was, in truth, an imperial inheritance?
Author: Roy Macleod
Format: Paperback
Published: 2009, Sydney University Press
Genre: Australian history
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: Signed with inscription
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
At the crossroads of Victorian science and the burgeoning intellectual life of colonial Australia stands Archibald Liversidge, FRS — a man whose tireless ambition helped forge the scientific identity of a nation. Roy MacLeod's biography chronicles the remarkable life of Liversidge, a British-born chemist and mineralogist who became one of the most influential scientific figures in nineteenth-century Australia, shaping the University of Sydney and the broader landscape of imperial science from his adopted home beneath the Southern Cross. MacLeod, a distinguished historian of science, presents a sweeping narrative that situates Liversidge within the grand project of British imperial knowledge-making, illustrating how science functioned as both a cultural and political instrument across the Empire. Drawing on deep archival research, the work uncovers the intricate networks of correspondence, institution-building, and intellectual exchange that connected Sydney to London and beyond. For anyone captivated by the history of ideas, colonialism, or the personalities who built modern science, this biography raises a compelling question: how much of what we call national science was, in truth, an imperial inheritance?