A Victorian science expert at St. John's University, Snyder offers a four-in-one biography of 19th-century scientists - Whewell, Babbage, Jones, as well as John Herschel, who mapped the skies of the Southern hemisphere and coinvented photography.
In 1812, when academic science was still a backward field, the four Cambridge students founded the Philosophical Breakfast Club, devoted to scientific discussion. Snyder provides insights into their personal lives, their myriad professional accomplishments, and their influence on science and economics.
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