{"product_id":"a-culture-of-curiosity-science-in-the-eighteenth-century-home-9781526153036","title":"A Culture of Curiosity: Science in the","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis study\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eexplores the practice of scientific enquiry as it took place in the eighteenth-century home. While histories of science have identified the genteel household as an important site for scientific experiment, they have tended to do so via biographies of important men of science. Using a wide range of historical source material, from household accounts and inventories to letters and print culture, this book investigates the tools within reach of early modern householders in their search for knowledge. It\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003econsiders the under-explored question of the home as a site of knowledge production and does so by viewing scientific enquiry as one of many interrelated domestic practices. It shows that knowledge production and consumption were necessary facets of domestic life and that the eighteenth-century home generated practices that were integral to ‘Enlightenment’ enquiry.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: cultures of enquiry in the eighteenth-century British world\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1 Household materials and networked space  \u003cbr\u003e2 Tacit knowledge and keeping a record\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e3 Collecting\u003cbr\u003e4 Observing\u003cbr\u003e5 Experimenting\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e6 Personal experience and authority\u003cbr\u003e7 Re-examining the culture of enquiry\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51041017954647,"sku":"9781526153036","price":76.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781526153036.jpg?v=1750948618","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-culture-of-curiosity-science-in-the-eighteenth-century-home-9781526153036","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}