Science as Public Culture: Chemistry and Enlightenment in Britain, 1760-1820

ISBN-13: 9780521659529 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 358 str.

Jan Golinski

Opis

Examines the development of chemistry in Britain 1760 1820 and relates it to civic life.

Recenzje

"...an important contribution to our understanding of how science functions as a part of society." Hugh L. Guilderson, Journal of Social History

Spis treści

Acknowledgments; List of illustrations; 1. Introduction: science as public culture; 2. 'The study of a gentlemen': chemistry as a public science in the Scottish Enlightenment; 3. Joseph Priestley and the English Enlightement; 4. Airs and their uses; 5. The coming of the chemical revolution; 6. 'Dr Beddoes's Breath': nitrous oxide and the culmination of Enlightenment medical chemistry; 7. Humphry Davy: the public face of genius; 8. Analysis, education and the chemical community; Bibliography; Index.