The Spirit Of Inquiry: How One Extraordinary Society Shaped Modern Science

Despite its modest size the Cambridge Philosophical Society has played a monumental role in the history of science. To mark the bicentenary of its founding in 1819, Susannah Gibson gives a vivid account of the illustrious (and sometimes eccentric) members of the society, their breakthrough discoveries, and the forging of modern science.

• | By (Author): Susannah (Affiliated Scholar, Department Of History And Philosophy Of Science, Cambridge) Gibson
• | Publisher: Oxford University Press
• | Publication Date: Feb 28, 2019
• | Country of Publication: United Kingdom
• | Number of Pages: 400 pages
• | Language: Unknown
• | Binding: Hardback
• | ISBN-10: 0198833377
• | ISBN-13: 9780198833376