Book ID: CBB000850395

Science and Spectacle in the European Enlightenment (2008)

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Bensaude-Vincent, Bernadette (Editor)
Blondel, Christine (Editor)


Ashgate
Publication date: 2008
Language: English


Publication Date: 2008
Physical Details: xi + 164 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index

Description Contents:


Reviewed By

Review Benhamou, Reed (2010) Review of "Science and Spectacle in the European Enlightenment". Technology and Culture (p. 493). unapi

Review Ramsey, Matthew (2010) Review of "Science and Spectacle in the European Enlightenment". European History Quarterly (p. 717). unapi

Essay Review Coppola, Al (2011) Science/Spectacle. Eighteenth-Century Studies (pp. 117-129). unapi

Includes Chapters

Chapter Bensaude-Vincent, Bernadette; Blondel, Christine (2008) Introduction: A Science Full of Shocks, Sparks and Smells. In: Science and Spectacle in the European Enlightenment (p. 1). unapi

Chapter Stewart, Larry (2008) The Laboratory, the Workshop, and the Theatre of Experiment. In: Science and Spectacle in the European Enlightenment (p. 11). unapi

Chapter Pérez, Liliane (2008) Technology, Curiosity and Utility in France and in England in the Eighteenth Century. In: Science and Spectacle in the European Enlightenment (p. 25). unapi

Chapter Riskin, Jessica (2008) Amusing Physics. In: Science and Spectacle in the European Enlightenment (p. 43). unapi

Chapter Lynn, Michael R. (2008) Experimental Physics in Enlightenment Paris: The Practice of Popularization in Urban Culture. In: Science and Spectacle in the European Enlightenment (p. 65). unapi

Chapter Bertucci, Paola (2008) Domestic Spectacles: Electrical Instruments between Business and Conversation. In: Science and Spectacle in the European Enlightenment (p. 75). unapi

Chapter Hochadel, Oliver (2008) The Sale of Shocks and Sparks: Itinerant Electricians in the German Enlightenment. In: Science and Spectacle in the European Enlightenment (p. 89). unapi

Chapter Lehman, Christine (2008) Between Commerce and Philanthropy: Chemistry Courses in Eighteenth-Century Paris. In: Science and Spectacle in the European Enlightenment (p. 103). unapi

Chapter Golinski, Jan (2008) Joseph Priestley and the Chemical Sublime in British Public Science. In: Science and Spectacle in the European Enlightenment (p. 117). unapi

Chapter Roberts, Lissa (2008) Chemistry on Stage: G. F. Rouelle and the Theatricality of Eighteenth-Century Chemistry. In: Science and Spectacle in the European Enlightenment (p. 129). unapi

Chapter Simon, Jonathan (2008) Honoré Fragonard, Anatomical Virtuoso. In: Science and Spectacle in the European Enlightenment (p. 141). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Apel, Thomas
Bensaude-Vincent, Bernadette
Bertucci, Paola
Bevilacqua, Fabio
Cipriani, Giovanni
Coppola, Al
Journals
Annals of Science: The History of Science and Technology
Circumscribere: International Journal for the History of Science
Early Science and Medicine: A Journal for the Study of Science, Technology and Medicine in the Pre-modern Period
Eighteenth-Century Studies
Endeavour: Review of the Progress of Science
Intellectual History Review
Publishers
University of Minnesota
Princeton University
Albin Michel
Aracne
Brepols
Brill
Concepts
Science and society
Chemistry
Electricity; magnetism
Popularization
Physics
Popular culture
People
Davy, Humphry
Priestley, Joseph
Volta, Alessandro
Beddoes, Thomas
Cooper, Thomas
Du Pont de Nemours, Pierre Samuel
Time Periods
18th century
19th century
Enlightenment
17th century
16th century
20th century, early
Places
France
England
Germany
Great Britain
United States
Europe
Institutions
Royal Institution of Great Britain
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