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The philosophical breakfast club : four remarkable friends who transformed science and changed the world /

Traces the influential friendship of William Whewell, Charles Babbage, John Herschel, and Richard Jones, citing their pivotal contributions to a significant array of scientific achievements throughout the mid-nineteenth century.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Snyder, Laura J.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Broadway Books, [2011]
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Scientists > Great Britain > Intellectual life > 19th century.
Science > Philosophy.
Scientists > Great Britain > Biography.
Babbage, Charles, > 1791-1871.
Herschel, John F. W. > (John Frederick William), > 1792-1871.
Whewell, William, > 1794-1866.
Jones, Richard, > 1790-1855.
Description
Summary:Traces the influential friendship of William Whewell, Charles Babbage, John Herschel, and Richard Jones, citing their pivotal contributions to a significant array of scientific achievements throughout the mid-nineteenth century.
Physical Description:439 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages [412]-428) and index.
ISBN:9780767930482 (hbk.)
0767930487 (hbk.)