Spirit of inquiry: how one extraordinary society shaped modern science
- Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019
- xxi, 377p. ; hb, 24cm.
Includes bibliography and index
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.
9780198833376
Cambridge Philosophical Society History - Science 200th anniversary - Cambridge Philosophical Society Charles Darwin Lawrence Bragg Mary Somerville