Humphry Davy Science and Power |
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| Author:
| Knight, David |
| Contribution by:
| Knight, David
Kohlstedt, Sally Gregory |
| Series title: | Cambridge Science Biographies Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-56539-4 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 1998 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $36.95 |
Book Description:
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In this entertaining biography David Knight introduces us to Humphry Davy, one of the first professional scientists. Best remembered for his safety lamp, he taught Faraday chemistry, but is also recognized for his poetry and was friends with Coleridge, Wordsworth, and Byron. This book illuminates science and its institutions in Regency Britain.
In this entertaining biography David Knight introduces us to Humphry Davy, one of the first professional scientists. Best remembered for his safety lamp, he taught Faraday chemistry, but is also recognized for his poetry and was friends with Coleridge, Wordsworth, and Byron. This book illuminates science and its institutions in Regency Britain.