{"product_id":"the-philosophical-breakfast-club-four-remarkable-friends-who-transformed-science-and-changed-the-world-paperback","title":"The Philosophical Breakfast Club: Four Remarkable Friends Who Transformed Science and Changed the World - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLaura J. Snyder\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"[A] fascinating book...about the way four geniuses at Cambridge University revolutionized modern science.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e --\u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe \u003ci\u003ePhilosophical Breakfast Club \u003c\/i\u003erecounts 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHistorian of science and philosopher Laura J. Snyder\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eexposes the political passions, religious impulses, friendships, rivalries, and love of knowledge--and power--that drove these extraordinary men. Whewell (who not only invented the word \"scientist,\" but also founded the fields of crystallography, mathematical economics, and the science of tides), Babbage (a mathematical genius who invented the modern computer), Herschel (who mapped the skies of the Southern Hemisphere and contributed to the invention of photography), and Jones (a curate who shaped the science of economics) were at the vanguard of the modernization of science. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis absorbing narrative of people, science and ideas\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003echronicles the intellectual revolution inaugurated by these men, one that continues to mold our understanding of the world around us and of our place within it. Drawing upon the voluminous correspondence between the four men over the fifty years of their work, Laura J. Snyder shows how friendship worked to spur the men on to greater accomplishments, and how it enabled them to transform science and help create the modern world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The lives and works of these men come across as fit for Masterpiece Theatre.\" --\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Snyder succeeds famously in evoking the excitement, variety and wide-open sense of possibility of the scientific life in 19th-century Britain...splendidly evoked in this engaging book.\" --\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmerican Scientist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This fine book is as wide-ranging and anecdotal, as excited and exciting, as those long-ago Sunday morning conversations at Cambridge. \u003ci\u003eThe Philosophical Breakfast Club\u003c\/i\u003e forms a natural successor to Jenny Uglow's \u003ci\u003eThe Lunar Men...\u003c\/i\u003eand Richard Holmes's \u003ci\u003eThe Age of Wonder.\" --\u003cb\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn expert on Victorian science and culture, Fulbright scholar Laura J. Snyder was the president of the International Society for the History of Philosophy of Science from 2009-2010. She is professor of philosophy at St. John's University and the author of \u003ci\u003eReforming Philosophy: A Victorian Debate on Science and Society\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 464\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 17, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51757342294304,"sku":"9780767930499","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/ef21b6d81eb7bbdbbb5dbbed2ee6d93b.webp?v=1780099993","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-philosophical-breakfast-club-four-remarkable-friends-who-transformed-science-and-changed-the-world-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}