The philosophical breakfast club : four remarkable friends who transformed science and changed the world / Laura J. Snyder.

Author: Snyder, Laura J.

Edition Statement:1st ed.

Imprint:New York : Broadway Books, c2011.

Description439 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

Note: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.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. [412]-428) and index.

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