Boulter, M;
Bloomsbury Scientists.
[Book].
UCL Press
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Bloomsbury Scientists is the story of the network of scientists and artists living in a square mile of London before and after the First World War. This inspired group of men and women viewed creativity and freedom as the driving force behind nature, and each strove to understand this in their own inventive way. Their collective energy changed the social mood of the era and brought a new synthesis of knowledge to ideas in science and art. Class barriers were threatened as power shifted from the landed oligarchy to those with talent and the will to make a difference. A time of unexpected opportunities, from the new disciplines of Genetics and Ecology to Post-Impressionism and beyond, Michael Boulter seamlessly weaves together the stories originating from Bloomsbury’s laboratories, libraries and studios. He narrates the breakthroughs of scientists such as Ray Lankester and Marie Stopes alongside the creative outputs of H. G. Wells and Virginia Woolf, among many others, and intricately connects them all through personal friendships, grievances, quarrels and affections. Bloomsbury Scientists offers a fresh and crucial perspective on this history at a time when the complex relationship between science and art continues to be debated.
| Type: | Book |
|---|---|
| Title: | Bloomsbury Scientists |
| ISBN: | 9781787350045 |
| ISBN-13: | https:// doi.org/ 10.14324/111.9781787350045 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.14324/111.9781787350045 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Text © Michael Boulter, 2017 Images courtesy of Michael Boulter, 2017 This book is published under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial Non-derivative 4.0 International license (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). This license allows you to share, copy, distribute and transmit the work for personal and non-commercial use providing author and publisher attribution is clearly stated. Attribution should include the following information: Michael Boulter, Bloomsbury Scientists . London, UCL Press, 2017. https://doi.org/10.14324/111.9781787350045 Further details about Creative Commons licenses are available at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/ |
| Keywords: | Bloomsbury, London, Scientists, History of science |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1573504 |
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