Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. PREFACE viii
4. LIST OF FIGURES xi
5. LIST OF PLATES xiii
6. Introduction 1
7. 1. Fantastic Voyages: Humphry Davy’s Consolations in Travel 24
8. 2. The Economy of Intelligence: Charles Babbage’s Reflections on the Decline of Science in England 52
9. 3. The Conduct of Everyday Life: John Herschel’s Preliminary Discourse on the Study of Natural Philosophy 80
10. 4. Mathematics for the Million? Mary Somerville’s On the Connexion of the Physical Sciences 107
11. 5. A Philosophy for a New Science: Charles Lyell’s Principles of Geology 138
12. 6. The Problem of Mind: George Combe’s Constitution of Man 173
13. 7. The Torch of Science: Thomas Carlyle’s Sartor Resartus 205
14. Epilogue 236
15. CHRONOLOGY 247
16. FURTHER READING 251
17. ABBREVIATIONS 253
18. ENDNOTES 254
19. BIBLIOGRAPHY OF WORKS PUBLISHED AFTER 1900 282
20. INDEX 293