The philosophical breakfast club : four remarkable friends who transformed science and changed the world / Laura J. Snyder.
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)
0767930487
0767930495 (paperback)
9780767930499 (paperback)
Publication Details
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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Table of Contents
Inventing the scientist
Waterworks
Philosophical breakfasts
Experimental lives
Mechanical toys
Dismal science
The great battle
Mapping the world
A divine programmer
Sciences of shadow and light
Angels and fairies
New worlds
Nature decoded
Endings
A new horizon.
Waterworks
Philosophical breakfasts
Experimental lives
Mechanical toys
Dismal science
The great battle
Mapping the world
A divine programmer
Sciences of shadow and light
Angels and fairies
New worlds
Nature decoded
Endings
A new horizon.