The Spirit Of Inquiry: How One Extraordinary Society Shaped Modern Science
Oxford University Press
$35.40
Despite its modest size the Cambridge Philosophical Society has played a monumental role in the history of science. To mark the bicentenary of its founding in 1819, Susannah Gibson gives a vivid account of the illustrious (and sometimes eccentric) members of the society, their breakthrough discoveries, and the forging of modern science.
- | By (Author): Susannah (Affiliated Scholar, Department Of History And Philosophy Of Science, Cambridge) Gibson
- | Publisher: Oxford University Press
- | Publication Date: Feb 28, 2019
- | Country of Publication: United Kingdom
- | Number of Pages: 400 pages
- | Language: Unknown
- | Binding: Hardback
- | ISBN-10: 0198833377
- | ISBN-13: 9780198833376
- By (Author):
- Susannah (Affiliated Scholar, Department Of History And Philosophy Of Science, Cambridge) Gibson
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:
- Feb 28, 2019
- Country of Publication:
- United Kingdom
- Language:
- Unknown
- Number of pages:
- 400 pages
- Binding:
- Hardback
- ISBN-10:
- 0198833377
- ISBN-13:
- 9780198833376