Air-pumps, electrical machines, colliding ivory balls, coloured sparks, mechanical planetariums, magic mirrors, hot-air balloons - these are just a sample of th
Radically reorienting our understanding of the Enlightenment, this book explores the complex relations between "englightened" values and the making of scientifi
The articles in this volume of ARCHIMEDES examine particular cases of `reception' in ways that emphasize pressing historiographical and methodological issues. S
Reveals the "magic" of learning in the 18th century. This text draws on historical sources and popular imagery to make the case for the pedagogical opportunitie
Science and the Enlightenment is a general history of eighteenth-century science covering both the physical and life sciences. It places the scientific developm
