{"product_id":"david-brewster-and-the-culture-of-science-in-scotland-1793-1843-9781399528573","title":"David Brewster and the Culture of Science in Scotland, 1793-1843","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Bill Jenkins\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Edinburgh University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Edinburgh University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Europe - Great Britain - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe decades between the French Revolution and the mid-nineteenth century were a period of radical transformation in Scottish society and culture on many levels. The Scottish Enlightenment had seen a striking blossoming of the natural sciences, with the development of a distinctive and influential national scientific culture. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe natural philosopher David Brewster was educated in Edinburgh amidst the intellectual ferment of the late Enlightenment but lived to end his days as a grand old man of Victorian science. This book uses the long and eventful career of Brewster as a lens through which to explore themes of rupture and continuity in Scottish scientific culture in a period of dramatic social and political change.","brand":"Edinburgh University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47889686790295,"sku":"9781399528573","price":2791.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781399528573.webp?v=1781177342","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/david-brewster-and-the-culture-of-science-in-scotland-1793-1843-9781399528573","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}