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Victorian physics meets industrial capitalism

Crosbie Smith and M. Norton Wise: Energy and empire: A biographical study of Lord Kelvin, 2 volume set. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009, 892pp, £43.00 PB

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  1. History Department, University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station B7000, Austin, TX, 78712-0220, USA

    Bruce J. Hunt

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This specially invited essay review is part of the series of reappraisals of significant older books that have been recently reissued. The aim of the series is to explore the impact of those books on subsequent scholarship and their relevance to contemporary issues.

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Hunt, B.J. Victorian physics meets industrial capitalism. Metascience 21, 119–124 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11016-011-9554-0

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