A culture of curiosity : Science in the eighteenth-century home

A culture of curiosity Science in the eighteenth-century home

This study explores the practice of scientific enquiry as it took place in the eighteenth-century home. While histories of science have identified the genteel household as an important site for scientific experiment, they have tended to do so via biographies of important men of science. Using a wide...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Hannan, Leonie. author (author), Hannan, Leonie, contributor (contributor)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Manchester : Manchester University Press 2023.
Materias:
Georgian Era (1714-1837)
Science > History.
History > 18th Century.
Great Britain.
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009781182306719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front matter
  • Contents
  • List of figures
  • Acknowledgements
  • Abbreviations
  • 1 Introduction
  • Part I
  • 2 Household materials and networked space
  • 3 Tacit knowledge and keeping a record
  • Part II
  • 4 Collecting
  • 5 Observing
  • 6 Experimenting
  • Part III
  • 7 Personal experience and authority
  • 8 Re-examining the culture of enquiry
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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