The essays in this volume consider the interplay of science and spectacle in eighteenth-century Europe, describing the variety of public demonstrations of science in sites ranging from academies and laboratories to shops and streets.
The essays in this volume consider the interplay of science and spectacle in eighteenth-century Europe, describing the variety of public demonstrations of science in sites ranging from academies and laboratories to shops and streets.
Bernadette Bensaude-Vincent is Professor of History and Philosophy of Science at the Université Paris-X Nanterre, France. Christine Blondel is Researcher at CNRS, Paris, France
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Contents: Introduction: a science full of shocks sparks and smells Bernadette Bensaude-Vincent and Christine Blondel; The laboratory the workshop and the theatre of experiment Larry Stewart; Technology curiosity and utility in France and England in the 18th century Liliane Pérez; Amusing physics Jessica Riskin; Experimental physics in Enlightenment Paris: the practice of popularization in urban culture Michael R. Lynn; Domestic spectacles: electrical instruments between business and conversation Paola Bertucci; The sale of shocks and sparks: itinerant electricians in German Enlightenment Oliver Hochadel; Between commerce and philanthropy: chemistry courses in 18th-century Paris Christine Lehman; Joseph Priestley and the chemical sublime in British public science Jan Golinski; Chemistry on stage: G.F. Rouelle and the theatricality of 18th-century chemistry Lissa Roberts; Honoré Fragonard anatomical virtuoso Jonathan Simon; Index.
Contents: Introduction: a science full of shocks sparks and smells Bernadette Bensaude-Vincent and Christine Blondel; The laboratory the workshop and the theatre of experiment Larry Stewart; Technology curiosity and utility in France and England in the 18th century Liliane Pérez; Amusing physics Jessica Riskin; Experimental physics in Enlightenment Paris: the practice of popularization in urban culture Michael R. Lynn; Domestic spectacles: electrical instruments between business and conversation Paola Bertucci; The sale of shocks and sparks: itinerant electricians in German Enlightenment Oliver Hochadel; Between commerce and philanthropy: chemistry courses in 18th-century Paris Christine Lehman; Joseph Priestley and the chemical sublime in British public science Jan Golinski; Chemistry on stage: G.F. Rouelle and the theatricality of 18th-century chemistry Lissa Roberts; Honoré Fragonard anatomical virtuoso Jonathan Simon; Index.
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