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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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Jennifer-anne Toth
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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