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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Snyder, Laura J.     Subjects     Babbage, Charles, 1791-1871.     Herschel, John F. W. (John Frederick William), Sir, 1792-1871.     Whewell, William, 1794-1866.     Jones, Richard, 1790-1855.     Scientists -- Great Britain -- Intellectual life -- 19th century.     Science -- Philosophy.     Scientists -- Great Britain -- Biography.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Snyder, Laura J.       by title:      The philosophical br...         MARC Display

The philosophical breakfast club : four remarkable friends who transformed science and changed the world / Laura J. Snyder. by Snyder, Laura J. New York : Broadway Books, c2011. Subjects Babbage, Charles, 1791-1871.   Herschel, John F. W. (John Frederick William), Sir, 1792-1871.   Whewell, William, 1794-1866.   Jones, Richard, 1790-1855.   Scientists -- Great Britain -- Intellectual life -- 19th century.   Science -- Philosophy.   Scientists -- Great Britain -- Biography. ISBN:  9780767930482 (hbk.) 0767930487 (hbk.) 9780307716170 (eISBN) 0307716171 (eISBN) Description:  439 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., map ; 25 cm. Edition:  1st ed. Contents:  Inventing the scientist -- Waterworks -- Philosophical breakfasts -- Experimental lives -- Mechanical toys -- Dismal science -- The great battle -- Mapping the world -- A divine programmer -- Sciences of shadow and light -- Angels and fairies -- New worlds -- Nature decoded -- Endings -- A new horizon. Requests:  0 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.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Business, Science & Technology 509.2241 Sn Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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