Automata in Victorian Science and Culture
Norton Wise
Tuesday, 08 Nov 2005 at 8:00 pm – Sun Room, Memorial Union
Norton Wise is Co-Director of the Center for Society and Genetics at UCLA and Professor of History. He is co-author of Energy and Empire, author of the series Work and Waste: Political Economy and Natural Philosophy in 19th Century Britain, and editor of The Values of Precision. He is a History of Science Professor at UCLA, and this presentation is part of the History of Technology and Science Series.Cosponsored By:
- College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
- History Department
- History of Tech and Science
- Committee on Lectures (funded by Student Government)
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