A richly illustrated exploration of how late Georgian gardens associated with medical practitioners advanced science, education, and agricultural experimentatio

This engrossing and entertaining scientific history includes the story of Glasgow's 'Big Bang' of 1863, the controversy over 'Astronomer Royal for Scotland' and

Gardens are one of the most important elements in the cultural history of Scotland. Like any art form, they provide an insight into social, political and econom

Moving, poetic and quietly provocative' – The Independent. City life in the early nineteenth century was never short of drama: poverty and pollution preyed on