The Philosophical Breakfast Club : Four Remarkable Friends Who Transformed Science and Changed the World (Hardcover)

from PhoenixFalls

I really enjoyed this volume, which serves as a sort of mosaic of science in England in the first two-thirds of the 19th century. Snyder makes four men -- William Whewell, Charles Babbage, John Herschel, and Richard Jones -- the center of her narrative, but does not trace their lives chronologica...

from wbc3

I only gave this book 3.5 stars because it took me a long time to finish and because it is probably of interest to only a limited audience. That said, however, I found it very enjoyable. It is a book about four college friends-Charles Babbage, John Herschel, William Whewell, and Richard Jones. Th...

from MikeBiever

This was a very interesting book. Taken from the lives of four friends who were inventors, scientists, professors, teachers, citizens and political activists. It's a look back at the progression of science as a national investment. These four men contributed greatly to inventions and science and ...

from michaelbartley

a very good book about the history and philosophy of science. a group of men, now mainly forgotten took science to a modern profession. I liked this book a lot

from JBD1

Quite a good collective biography, offering excellent contextual details to the biographical accounts of the members of the Philosophical Breakfast Club: Charles Babbage, John Herschel, William Whewell, and Richard Jones. Snyder makes clear just how interconnected this group was with each other t...