Delbourgo, James (Author)
Harvard University Press
Publication date: 2006
Language: English
Physical Details: 367 pp.; ill.; maps; bibl.; index
Description Traces electricity and electrical phenomena to illuminate the relationship between science and culture and religion in this period.
Review Golinski, Jan (2007) Review of "A Most Amazing Scene of Wonders: Electricity and Enlightenment in Early America". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (p. 629).
Review Mulford, Carla (2009) Review of "A Most Amazing Scene of Wonders: Electricity and Enlightenment in Early America". Journal of the Early Republic (p. 339).
Review Fara, Patricia (2007) Review of "A Most Amazing Scene of Wonders: Electricity and Enlightenment in Early America". Metascience: An International Review Journal for the History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science (p. 285).
Review Bertucci, Paola (2008) Review of "A Most Amazing Scene of Wonders: Electricity and Enlightenment in Early America". British Journal for the History of Science (p. 297).
Review Simon, Linda (2007) Review of "A Most Amazing Scene of Wonders: Electricity and Enlightenment in Early America". American Historical Review (p. 1157).
Review Parrish, Susan Scott (2007) Review of "A Most Amazing Scene of Wonders: Electricity and Enlightenment in Early America". Journal of American History (p. 253).
Essay Review Stewart, Larry (2007) Feedback Loop: A Review Essay on the Public Sphere, Pop Culture, and the Early-Modern Sciences. Canadian Journal of History (pp. 463-483).
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