Poor Robin's Prophecies Poor Robin's Prophecies

Poor Robin's Prophecies

A curious Almanac, and the everyday mathematics of Georgian Britain

Benjamin Wardhaugh
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Publisher Description

From the reign of Charles II to the early 19th century, a curious Almanac - part 'teach-yourself mathematics', part political satire - promoted the use of science in everyday life and trades. Benjamin Wardaugh tells the story of the rumbustious 'Poor Robin of Saffron Walden', and the rise of popular science in Georgian England.

GENRE
Science & Nature
RELEASED
2012
25 October
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
256
Pages
PUBLISHER
OUP Oxford
SELLER
The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of the University of Oxford trading as Oxford University Press
SIZE
9
MB

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