A literate and lucid account of the eighteenth century's great race to understand the elements—and found a modern science. Antoine Lavoisier—who lived at the zenith of the Enlightenment and died at the hands of the Revolution—was himself a revolutionary. Closely followed by the burgeoning international scientific community, he competed with the best minds of h...(展开全部)

“Fresh . . . solid . . . full of suspense and intrigue.”— Publishers Weekly Antoine Lavoisier reinvented chemistry, overthrowing the long-established principles of alchemy and inventing an entirely new terminology, one still in use by chemists. Madison Smartt Bell’s enthralling narrative reads like a race to the finish line, as the very circumstances that enabled Lavois...(展开全部)

A literate and lucid account of the eighteenth century's great race to understand the elements—and found a modern science. Antoine Lavoisier—who lived at the zenith of the Enlightenment and died at the hands of the Revolution—was himself a revolutionary. Closely followed by the burgeoning international scientific community, he competed with the best minds of h...(展开全部)

The essays in this book deal broadly with the question of what form reasoning about life and society can take in a culture permeated by scientific and technical modes of thought. They attempt to identify certain very basic types of questions that seem to escape scientific resolution and call for, in Gadamer's view, philosophical reflection of a hermeneutic sort.In effect, Gadam...(展开全部)

Nothing “goes viral.” If you think a popular movie, song, or app came out of nowhere to become a word-of-mouth success in today’s crowded media environment, you’re missing the real story. Each blockbuster has a secret history—of power, influence, dark broadcasters, and passionate cults that turn some new products into cultural phenomena. Even the most brilliant ideas wither in ...(展开全部)

Nothing “goes viral.” If you think a popular movie, song, or app came out of nowhere to become a word-of-mouth success in today’s crowded media environment, you’re missing the real story. Each blockbuster has a secret history—of power, influence, dark broadcasters, and passionate cults that turn some new products into cultural phenomena. Even the most brilliant ideas wither in ...(展开全部)

A companion to such acclaimed works as The Age of Wonder, A Clockwork Universe, and Darwin’s Ghosts—a groundbreaking examination of the greatest event in history, the Scientific Revolution, and how it came to change the way we understand ourselves and our world. We live in a world transformed by scientific discovery. Yet today, science and its practitioners have come under poli...(展开全部)

戴维•伍顿（David Wootton），约克大学年度历史教授，目前专攻16世纪-18世纪的科技和文化史，著有《保罗•沙尔皮》（Paolo Sarpi,1986）、《坏医学》（Bad Medicine,2006）、《伽利略》（Galileo,2010）等书。曾经参与英国学院罗列讲座（2008），牛津卡莱尔讲座（2014），波士顿本尼迪克特讲座（2014）。2016年凭《科学的诞生》荣获麦吉尔大学坎迪尔历史奖优秀奖。

戴维•伍顿（David Wootton），约克大学年度历史教授，目前专攻16世纪-18世纪的科技和文化史，著有《保罗•沙尔皮》（Paolo Sarpi,1986）、《坏医学》（Bad Medicine,2006）、《伽利略》（Galileo,2010）等书。曾经参与英国学院罗列讲座（2008），牛津卡莱尔讲座（2014），波士顿本尼迪克特讲座（2014）。2016年凭《科学的诞生》荣获麦吉尔大学坎迪尔历史奖优秀奖。

A companion to such acclaimed works as The Age of Wonder, A Clockwork Universe, and Darwin’s Ghosts—a groundbreaking examination of the greatest event in history, the Scientific Revolution, and how it came to change the way we understand ourselves and our world. We live in a world transformed by scientific discovery. Yet today, science and its practitioners have come under poli...(展开全部)