Science in Nineteenth-Century America. A Documentary History.

8vo. xii, 339, [1] pp. Figs., index. Pictorial wrappers. Very good. ISBN: 0226709477 Combining well-chosen correspondence of scientists with historical commentary, Reingold brings to life the developing American scientific community of the nineteenth century. "The reader catches glimpses of William Maclure mixing science and social reform, of Joseph Henry struggling to make a place for research at the Smithsonian Institution, of Gray and Dana corresponding with Darwin, of Newcomb and Michelson planning experiments on the speed of light." Prof. John C. Greene, Science.

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ISBN: 0226709477

ISBN-13: 9780226709475

Publisher: University of Chicago Press, 1985.

Year: 1985

Type: Used

Binding: Softcover

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