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| Introduction | 1 | |
| Ch. 1 | The Making of a Natural Philosopher: From Amateur, to Expert, to Public Servant | 7 |
| Ch. 2 | Enlightenment Science South of the Alps: The Italian Scientific Community in the Age of Volta | 44 |
| Ch. 3 | The Electrophorus: Theory, Instrument Design, and the Social Uses of Scientific Apparatus | 73 |
| Ch. 4 | Volta's Science of Electricity: Conception, Laboratory Work, and Public Recognition | 110 |
| Ch. 5 | The Cosmopolitan Network: Volta and Communication among Experts in Late Enlightenment Europe | 146 |
| Ch. 6 | The Battery: Invention, Instrumentalism, and Competitive Imitation | 178 |
| Ch. 7 | Appropriating Invention: The Reception of the Voltaic Battery in Europe | 211 |
| Ch. 8 | The Scientist as Hero: Volta and the Uses of Past Science in the Industrial Era | 257 |
| Ch. 9 | Conclusion: Science, Technology, and Contingency: Enlightenment Legacies | 273 |
| Notes | 291 | |
| Bibliography | 337 | |
| Index | 367 |
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Danny Bryant
reviewed Volta: Science and Culture in the Age of Enlightenment on February 11, 2011
Volta: Science and Culture in the Age of Enlightenment
This book is pretty much what it says on the cover, a biography of Alessandro Volta, inventor of the battery, as well as an exploration of the Enlightment through his life and times. A great book for anyone interested in early batteries, or Italian natural philosophers, but Volta was in many way a peripheral figure in the Enlightenment. Some interesting theory about the use of science in diplomacy, to project power and prestige, but there are probably more fun sources elsewhere.
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