The philosophical breakfast club : four remarkable friends who transformed science and changed the world / Laura J. Snyder.
Snyder, Laura J.
2011
Q141 .S5635 2011 (Mapit)
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Title The philosophical breakfast club : four remarkable friends who transformed science and changed the world / Laura J. Snyder.
Author Snyder, Laura J.
Edition 1st ed.
ISBN 9780767930482
0767930487
0767930495 (paperback)
9780767930499 (paperback)
Imprint New York : Broadway Books, c2011.
Language English
Description 439 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Call Number Q141 .S5635 2011
Dewey Decimal Classification 509.2/241
Summary Traces the influential friendship of William Whewell, Charles Babbage, John Herschel, and Richard Jones, citing their pivotal contributions to a significant array of scientific achievements throughout the mid-nineteenth century.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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