Science and spectacle in the European Enlightenment
Introduction: A Science Full of Shocks, Sparks and Smells -- 1 The Laboratory, the Workshop, and the Theatre of Experiment -- 2 Technology, Curiosity and Utility in France and in England in the Eighteenth Century -- 3 Amusing Physics -- 4 Experimental Physics in Enlightenment Paris: The Practice of...
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| Format: | E-Book |
| Sprache: | English |
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London New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group,
2016
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| Mit dem übergeordneten Werk verknüpfte Titel: | Science, Technology and Culture, 1700-1945
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| Schlagworte: | Science Technology Europa Wissenschaft Technik Aufsatzsammlung Geschichte 1700-1945 |
| Umfang: | 1 Online-Ressource (177 p) |
| Zusammenfassung: | Introduction: A Science Full of Shocks, Sparks and Smells -- 1 The Laboratory, the Workshop, and the Theatre of Experiment -- 2 Technology, Curiosity and Utility in France and in England in the Eighteenth Century -- 3 Amusing Physics -- 4 Experimental Physics in Enlightenment Paris: The Practice of Popularization in Urban Culture -- 5 Domestic Spectacles: Electrical Instruments between Business and Conversation 6 The Sale of Shocks and Sparks: Itinerant Electricians in the German Enlightenment -- 7 Between Commerce and Philanthropy: Chemistry Courses in Eighteenth-century Paris -- 8 Joseph Priestley and the Chemical Sublime in British Public Science -- 9 Chemistry on Stage: G.F. Rouelle and the Theatricality of Eighteenth-century Chemistry -- 10 Honoré Fragonard, Anatomical Virtuoso |
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| Beschreibung: | Description based upon print version of record |
| Beschreibung: | 1 Online-Ressource (177 p) |
| ISBN: | 9781351901888 1351901885 9780754663706 0754663701 |