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Humphry Davy: Poet and Philosopher - Couverture souple

THORPE, T.E.

 
9781845883829: Humphry Davy: Poet and Philosopher
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1845883829 ISBN 13 : 9781845883829
Editeur : The History Press, 2007

Synopsis

Born in Penzance in 1778, Humphry Davy's scientific reputation grew with his pioneering discoveries of nitrous oxide (laughing gas), sodium, calcium and the invention of the miners' Davy lamp. Yet, as Lamont-Brown shows, Davy was not just a scientific pioneer but a man with wide-ranging interests at the centre of London life. A founder member of the Geological Society and co-founder with Sir Stamford Raffles of London Zoo, Davy was also a poet of some ability, enjoying the respect and lively friendship of Southey, Coleridge, and Wordsworth among others. Eclectic and brilliant, one of his greatest contributions was, however, to communicate science to a wider public; he was a man for his own time and ours.

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À propos de l'auteur

RAYMOND LAMONT-BROWN is the author of Carnegie, Edward VII's Last Loves, John Brown and Kempeitai: Japan's Dreaded Military Police.

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Éditeur
The History Press
Date d'édition
2007
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1845883829
ISBN 13 
9781845883829
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
192
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