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Author:
Snyder, Laura J.
Title:
The philosophical breakfast club : four remarkable friends who transformed science and changed the world / Laura J. Snyder.
Edition:
1st ed.
Publisher:
Broadway Books,
Copyright Date:
c2011
Description:
439 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 25 cm.
Subject:
Babbage, Charles,--1791-1871.
Herschel, John F. W.--(John Frederick William),--Sir,--1792-1871.
Whewell, William,--1794-1866.
Jones, Richard,--1790-1855.
Scientists--Great Britain--Intellectual life--19th century.
Science--Philosophy.
Scientists--Great Britain--Biography.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [372]-428) and index.
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 -- Decoding nature -- Endings -- A new horizon.
ISBN:
0767930487
9780767930482
OCLC:
(OCoLC)647214394
LCCN:
2010025790
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
ORAX826 -- Scott Community College (Bettendorf)
TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)
OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)
YCPD572 -- Hiawatha Public Library (Hiawatha)
YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)
GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)
AAPF906 -- Ottumwa Public Library (Ottumwa)
GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)
DPPE403 -- Kendall Young Library (Webster City)

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