Creatures of Reason: John Herschel and the Invention of Science - Hardcover
by Stephen Case
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Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Pittsburgh PressISBN-13:9780822948384ISBN-10:822948389UPC:9780822948384Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, Science, HistoryBook Subcategory:Science & Technology, History, ModernBook Topic:19th CenturySize:9.13 x 6.06 x 0.87 inchesWeight:1.3007Product ID:SC5K91W6EZ
Creatures of Reason: John Herschel and the Invention of Science
In his lifetime, John Herschel was Britain's best-known natural philosopher, a world celebrity, and arguably the first modern scientist of the generation in which the term itself was invented. The polymath son of William Herschel, discoverer of Uranus and constructor of the world's largest telescopes, Herschel took highest honors as a student at Cambridge, conducted groundbreaking work in...
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Pittsburgh PressISBN-13:9780822948384ISBN-10:822948389UPC:9780822948384Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, Science, HistoryBook Subcategory:Science & Technology, History, ModernBook Topic:19th CenturySize:9.13 x 6.06 x 0.87 inchesWeight:1.3007Product ID:SC5K91W6EZ
Stephen Case is a professor in the Department of Chemistry and Geosciences at Olivet Nazarene University, where he is also director of the University Honors Program. He is the author of Making Stars Physical: The Astronomy of Sir John Herschel and coeditor of the Cambridge Companion to John Herschel.
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