The Spirit of Inquiry The Spirit of Inquiry

The Spirit of Inquiry

How one extraordinary society shaped modern science

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Publisher Description

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.

GENRE
Science & Nature
RELEASED
2019
15 February
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
320
Pages
PUBLISHER
OUP Oxford
SELLER
The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of the University of Oxford trading as Oxford University Press
SIZE
8.5
MB

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