"Be what you would seem to be": Samuel smiles, Thomas Edward, and the making of a working-class scientific hero

Science in Context

Volumn 16, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 147-173

  Secord, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 16244393530     PISSN: 02698897     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0269889703000760     Document Type: Review

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