Masculinity and Science in Britain, 1831–1918

1. Introduction: The ‘Man of Science’ as a Gendered Ideal
Heather Ellis

2. The Changing Public Image of the ‘Man of Science’, 1600–1830
Heather Ellis

3. New Masculine Heroes: Davy, Bacon and the Construction of the Gentleman-Scientist
Heather Ellis

4. ‘An Effete World’: Gendered Criticism and the British Association
Heather Ellis

5. Thomas Carlyle, the X-Club and the Hero as Man of Science
Heather Ellis

6. The Decline of the British Association? Marginalization, Masculinity and Marconi
Heather Ellis

7. Reuniting Theory and Practice: The Man of Science and the First World War
Heather Ellis

Keywords: History, History of Britain and Ireland, Social History, History of Science, Gender Studies, History of Modern Europe