- Description
- 1 online resource (xii, 338 p.) : ill.
- Uniform Title
- Science in the age of sensibility (Online)
- Alternative Title
- Science in the age of sensibility (Online)
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [289]-321) and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Contents
- Introduction : sensibility and enlightenment science -- The blind and the mathematically inclined -- Poor Richard's Leyden jar -- From electricity to economy -- The lawyer and the lightning rod -- The mesmerism investigation and the crisis of sensibilist science -- Languages of science and revolution -- Conclusion : the legacy of the sentimental empiricists.
- LCCN
- 2002005793
- OCLC
- ssj0000427771
- Author
Riskin, Jessica.
- Title
Science in the age of sensibility [electronic resource] : the sentimental empiricists of the French enlightenment / Jessica Riskin.
- Imprint
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2002.
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [289]-321) and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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