Electricity in the Enlightenment
De som köpt den här boken har ofta också köpt The Anxious Generation av Jonathan Haidt (häftad).
Köp båda 2 för 263 krVividly captures the ferment created by the new science of the Enlightenment... Fara deftly shows how new knowledge emerged from a rich mix of improved technology, medical quackery, Continental theorising, religious doubt and scientific rivalry. -- New Scientist Neat and stylish... Fara's account of Benjamin Franklin's circle of friends and colleagues brings them squabbling, eureka-ing to life. -- Guardian Combines telling anecdote with wise commentary... presents us with numerous tasty and well-presented historical morsels -- Times Higher Education Supplement
Patricia Fara is a Senior Tutor at Clare College at the University of Cambridge, where she teaches history of science. She is also the author of Newton: The Making of Genius (Macmillan, 2002) and Sex, Botany and Empire (Icon, 2003).