The philosophical breakfast club : four remarkable friends who transformed science and changed the world

The philosophical breakfast club : four remarkable friends who transformed science and changed the world /

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.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Snyder, Laura J.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Broadway Books, [2011]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Babbage, Charles, > 1792-1871.
Herschel, John F. W., > 1792-1871.
Whewell, William, > 1794-1866.
Jones, Richard, > 1790-1855.
Physik.
Babbage, Charles, > 1791-1871.
Herschel, John Frederick William, > 1792-1871.
Geschichte 1800-1900.
1800-1899
Scientists > Great Britain > Intellectual life > 19th century.
Science > Philosophy.
Scientists > Great Britain > Biography.
02.01 history of science and culture.
Scientists.
Mathematik.
Wissenschaftler.
Wissenschaft.
Philosophie.
Astronomie.
Wirtschaftswissenschaften.
Geistesleben.
Wetenschapsbeoefenaars.
Intellectual life.
Science.
Great Britain.
Cambridge.
Großbritannien.
Biographies.
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.

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