Science as Public Culture: Chemistry and Enlightenment in Britain, 1760-1820.

Abstract

Acknowledgments List of illustrations 1. Introduction: science as public culture 2. 'The study of a gentlemen': chemistry as a public science in the Scottish Enlightenment 3. Joseph Priestley and the English Enlightement 4. Airs and their uses 5. The coming of the chemical revolution 6. 'Dr Beddoes's Breath': nitrous oxide and the culmination of Enlightenment medical chemistry 7. Humphry Davy: the public face of genius 8. Analysis, education and the chemical community Bibliography Index.