Humphry Davy
David (University of Durham) Knight
Cambridge University Press, 1998
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In this entertaining biography David Knight introduces us to Humphry Davy, one of the first professional scientists. Best remembered for his safety lamp, he taught Faraday chemistry, but is also recognized for his poetry and was friends with Coleridge, Wordsworth, and Byron. This book illuminates science and its institutions in Regency Britain.
- ISBN-13
- 9780521565394
- ISBN-10
- 0521565391
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Year
- 1998
- Publication date
- 1998-02-05
- Pages
- 236
- Dimensions
- 228x151x17
- Weight
- 366