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Cambridge University Press Humphry Davy: Science and Power (Cambridge Science Biographies)

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In this illuminating and entertaining biography David Knight draws upon Humphry Davy's poetry, notebooks, and informal writings to introduce us to one of the first professional scientists. Davy is best remembered for his work on laughing gas, for the arc lamp, for isolating sodium and potassium, for his theory that chemical affinity is electrical, and, of course, for his safety lamp. His lectures on science made the fortunes of the Royal Institution in London, and he taught chemistry to the young Faraday. He is also recognized for his poetry and was the friend of Coleridge, Wordsworth, and Byron. By investigating Davy's life Knight shows what it was like to be a creative scientist in Regency Britain, demonstrating the development of science and its institutions during this crucial period in history.

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Brand: Cambridge University Press
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ASIN: 0521565391
Category: Books > Subjects > Biography > Historical > Britain
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 12 January 2008
Listed Since: 09 February 2007

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