The dictionary of nineteenth-century British Scientists. 4 Bde. (Bristol), Thoemmes Continuum (2004). Olwdbde. mit Rsch. u. Rverg.

Containing more than 1,200 new entries on both major and minor figures of British science, this four-volume dictionary examines how the theories and practices of scientists were shaped by Victorian beliefs about religion, gender, imperialism, and politics, presenting a rich panorama of the development of science in the nineteenth century. Bernard Lightman is Professor of Humanities at York University, Toronto. He has published extensively in the history of science and has just been elected editor of Isis.

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