Generations of Reason - A Familys Search for Meaning in Post-Newtonian England

An intimate, accessible history of British intellectual development across the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, through the story of one family

About the author

Joan L. Richards is emerita professor of history and director of the Program of Science, Society, and Technology at Brown University.

Summary

An intimate, accessible history of British intellectual development across the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, through the story of one family

Product details

• Authors: Joan L. Richards, Richards Joan L.
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2022
• EAN: 9780300255492
• ISBN: 978-0-300-25549-2
• No. of pages: 456
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Biographies, autobiographies; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, European History, SCIENCE / History, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Science & Technology, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Georgian Era (1714-1837), HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Victorian Era (1837-1901), c 1800 to c 1900, History of Science, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Biography: science, technology & medicine, 1837–1901 (Victorian period), Biography: science, technology and medicine, 1714–1837 (Georgian period), C 1700 To C 1800