Review of: Trying Leviathan: The Nineteenth-Century New York Court Case that Put the Whale on Trial and Challenged the Order of Nature by D. Graham Burnett

Authors

Kristin Johnson, University of Puget SoundFollow

Document Type

Review

Publication Date

3-1-2009

Publication Title

British Journal For The History Of Science

Department

Science, Technology and Society

Abstract

The article reviews the book "Trying Leviathan: The Nineteenth-Century New York Court Case that Put the Whale on Trial and Challenged the Order of Nature," by D. Graham Burnett.

Volume

42

Issue

1

pp.

142-143

ISSN

0007-0874

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007087409002076

WorldCat Link

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/4669028437

Provider Link

http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=40099808&site=ehost-live&scope=site

Citation

Johnson, Kristin. 2009. "Trying Leviathan: The Nineteenth-Century New York Court Case that Put the Whale on Trial and Challenged the Order of Nature." British Journal For The History Of Science 42(1): 142-143.