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Science in the age of sensibility : the sentimental empiricists of the French enlightment
- Title
- Science in the age of sensibility : the sentimental empiricists of the French enlightment / Jessica Riskin.
- Author
- Riskin, Jessica.
- Publication
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2002.
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Details
- Description
- xii, 338 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [289]-321) and index.
- Contents
- 1. Introduction: sensibility and enlightenment science -- 2. The blind and the mathematically inclined -- 3. Poor Richard's leyden jar -- 4. From electricity to economy -- 5. The lawyer and the lightning rod -- 6. The mesmerism investigation and the crisis of sensibilist science -- 7. Languages of science and revolution -- 8. Conclusion: the legacy of the sentimental empiricists.
- Call Number
- JSE 03-61
- ISBN
- 0226720780 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0226720799 (paper : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2002005793
- OCLC
- 49610974
- Author
- Riskin, Jessica.
- Title
- Science in the age of sensibility : the sentimental empiricists of the French enlightment / Jessica Riskin.
- Imprint
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2002.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [289]-321) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JSE 03-61