Book Reviews: Science-Themed Regency Novels by Cecily Van Cleave and Julie Klassen

Women had a difficult time with scientific pursuits in Jane Austen's England. Yewspring and The Apothecary's Daughter tell stories of brave women trying to use their gifts.

Lady Botanists and the Chawton House Virtual Garden Festival

The Chawton House Garden Festival offers refreshing tours of their gardens. They highlight A Curious Herbal, a groundbreaking book about plants in the eighteenth century, written by a lady botanist in an era where women were discouraged from studying science.

Science Variations 3: Novels with Regency and Victorian Science

Some fun novels of science in the Regency, and two novels of the Industrial Revolution: North and South, and a variation: Nowhere but North.

Faith and Science: Gilbert White, Parson-Naturalist of Selborne

Parson-Naturalists like Gilbert White combined their love of God and his world, and helped us better understand birds, ecology, and much more.