The Experimental Self: Humphry Davy and the Making of a Man of Science

by Jan Golinski

What did it mean to be a scientist before the profession itself existed? Jan Golinski finds an answer in the remarkable career of Humphry Davy, the foremost chemist of his day and one of the most distinguished British men of science of the nineteenth century. Originally a country boy from a modest background, Davy was propelled by his scientific accomplishments to a knighthood and the presidency of the Royal Society. An enigmatic figure to his contemporaries,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022635136X
• ISBN13: 9780226351360
• Release Date: May 2016
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.1"