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“[A] fascinating book...about the way four geniuses at Cambridge University revolutionized modern science.“ —Newsweek

The Philosophical Breakfast Club recounts the life and work of four men who met as students at Cambridge University: Charles Babbage, John Herschel, William Whewell, and Richard Jones. Recognizing that they shared a love of science (as well as good food and drink) they began to meet on Sunday mornings to talk about the state of science in Britain and the world at large. Inspired by the great 17th century scientific reformer and political figure Francis Bacon—another former student of Cambridge—the Philosophical Breakfast Club plotted to bring about a new scientific revolution. And to a remarkable extent, they succeeded, even in ways they never intended.

Historian of science and philosopher Laura J. Snyder exposes the political passions, religious impulses, friendships, rivalr

The Philosophical Breakfast Club Four Remarkable Friends Who Transformed Science and Changed the World

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      Publisher Broadway Books (A Division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc)
      Published 1/17/2012 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN-13 9780767930499
      978-0767930499
      ISBN-10 0767930495
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      Biography: science, technology and medicine

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      “[A] fascinating book...about the way four geniuses at Cambridge University revolutionized modern science.“ —Newsweek

      The       Philosophical Breakfast Club recounts the life and work of four men who met as students at Cambridge University: Charles Babbage, John Herschel, William Whewell, and Richard Jones. Recognizing that they shared a love of science (as well as good food and drink) they began to meet on Sunday mornings to talk about the state of science in Britain and the world at large. Inspired by the great 17th century scientific reformer and political figure Francis Bacon—another former student of Cambridge—the Philosophical Breakfast Club plotted to bring about a new scientific revolution. And to a remarkable extent, they succeeded, even in ways they never intended.

      Historian of science and philosopher Laura J. Snyder exposes the political passions, religious impulses, friendships, rivalr

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