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Author:
Gibson, Susannah, author.
Title:
The spirit of inquiry : how one extraordinary society shaped modern science / Susannah Gibson ; with a foreword by Simon Conway Morris, FRS.
Edition:
First edition.
Publisher:
Oxford University Press,
Copyright Date:
2019
Description:
xxi, 377 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
Subject:
Cambridge Philosophical Society--History.
Science--Great Britain--History--19th century.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-366) and index.
Contents:
The Fenland Philosophers -- The house on All Saints' Passage -- Letters from the south -- 'A new prosperity' -- The misdeeds of Mr Crouch -- A workbench of one's own -- The laboratory in the library -- 'May it never be of any use to anybody' -- Following the footsteps.
Summary:
The increasing interest in science in Great Britain by the establishment of the Cambridge Philosophical Society in 1819.
ISBN:
0198833377
9780198833376
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1096183869
LCCN:
2018951266
Locations:
FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

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