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  1. The scientific periphery in France: The faculty of sciences at Toulouse (1880–1930). [REVIEW]Mary Jo Nye - 1975 - Minerva 13 (3):374-403.
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  • ‘Physics And Fashion’: John Tyndall and his audiences in mid-Victorian Britain.Jill Howard - 2004 - Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A 35 (4):729-758.
    This paper explores how the physicist John Tyndall transformed himself from humble surveyor and schoolmaster into an internationally applauded icon of science. Beginning with his appointment as Professor of Natural Philosophy at the Royal Institution in 1853, I show how Tyndall’s worries about his social class and Irish origins, his painstaking attention to his lecturing performance and skilled use of the material and architectural resources of the Royal Institution were vital to his eventual success as a popular expositor and ambassador (...)
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  • Education in France, 1848-1870.R. D. Anderson - 1975 - British Journal of Educational Studies 23 (3):338-339.
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  • The rise and fall of Dionysius Lardner.J. N. Hays - 1981 - Annals of Science 38 (5):527-542.
    Dionysius Lardner rose to prominence in the 1830s as a popular scientific writer, lecturer and British literary figure. He became popular by promoting the ideals of scientific self-education, technological progress, and the practical applicability of science. His rapid fall from public favour after 1840 partly resulted from his involvement in a marital scandal; prior to that scandal, however, his character had provoked satire, and his caution and even pessimism about some technological prospects had offended the confident hopes of the audiences (...)
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  • The London Experience of Secondary Education.Margaret Bryant - 1988 - British Journal of Educational Studies 36 (2):187-189.
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