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This book joins a number of recent studies examining science as a practical activity in specific social settings. Jan Golinski considers the development of chemistry in Britain from 1760 to 1820, and relates it to the rise and subsequent eclipse of forms of civic life characteristic of the European Enlightenment.Golinski, Jan is the author of 'Science As Public Culture Chemistry and Enlightenment in Britain, 1760-1820' with ISBN 9780521394147 and ISBN 0521394147.
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