Lightman, Bernard -

Personal Information
First Name: 
Bernard
Last Name: 
Lightman
Department / Program: 
OTHER
Other: 
Humanities
University Affiliation: 
York University
Phone: 
4167362100
Extension: 
22028
Email Address: 
Area of Research
Subject: 
Science
Geographical Region: 
Great Britain
Time Period: 
19th Century
Specific Area of Research: 
Cultural history of science, esp. 19th century British science and religion, gender, visual and print culture
Academics
PHD Program: 
History of Ideas
PHD University: 
Brandeis University
PHD Date: 
1979
Major Publications: 
Science in the Marketplace: Nineteenth-Century Sites and Experiences. Ed. Bernard Lightman and Aileen Fyfe. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2007. Victorian Popularizers of Science: Designing Nature for New Audiences. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2007. Figuring it Out: Science, Gender and Visual Culture. Ed. Bernard Lightman and Ann Shteir. Hanover, New Hampshire: Dartmouth College Press; Hanover and London: University Press of New England, 2006. Dictionary of Nineteenth-Century British Scientists. Ed. Bernard Lightman. 4 vols. Bristol: Thoemmes Continuum, 2004. The Dictionary of Nineteenth-Century British Philosophers. Ed. W. J. Mander and Alan P. F. Sell. 2 vols. Bristol: Thoemmes Press, 2002. Creating the Jewish Future. Ed. Bernard Lightman and Michael Brown. Walnut Creek, California: Alta Mira Press, 1998. Victorian Science in Context. Ed. Bernard Lightman. Chicago: University of Chicago Press; London: University of Chicago Press, 1997. Victorian Faith in Crisis: Essays on Continuity and Change in Nineteenth Century Religious Belief. Ed. Bernard Lightman and and Richard Helmstadter. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press; London: Macmillan Press, 1990. The Origins of Agnosticism: Victorian Unbelief and the Limits of Knowledge. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1987.
Membership in Academic Societies: 
CSHPS, HSS
Courses Taught: 
Science and Religion in Modern Western Thought; Darwin, Einstein and the Humanities; Science and Gender in Modern Western Culture; Dangerous Visions, Brave New Worlds: The SF Culture and Our Scientific Age; Contexts of Victorian Science;