TY  - GEN
AU  - Gibson, Susannah
TI  - Spirit of inquiry: how one extraordinary society shaped modern science
SN  - 9780198833376
U1  - 506.9426 
PY  - 2019///
CY  - Oxford
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Cambridge Philosophical Society
KW  - History - Science
KW  - 200th anniversary - Cambridge Philosophical Society
KW  - Charles Darwin
KW  - Lawrence Bragg
KW  - Mary Somerville
N1  - Includes bibliography and index
N2  - 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
ER  -