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The Science Of James Smithson
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Author : Steven Turner
language : en
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution
Release Date : 2020-11-03
The Science Of James Smithson written by Steven Turner and has been published by Smithsonian Institution this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-11-03 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
"A quirky, oddly touching book that allows us to step, for a few moments, inside the world of a practicing Enlightenment scientist, to sit beside him as he fans the flames of a candle with his little blowpipe, waiting for that small mineral in front of him to melt and yield its secrets." —Wall Street Journal An accessible exploration of the noteworthy scientific career of James Smithson, who left his fortune to establish the Smithsonian Institution. James Smithson is best known as the founder of the Smithsonian Institution, but few people know his full and fascinating story. He was a widely respected chemist and mineralogist and a member of the Royal Society, but in 1865, his letters, collection of 10,000 minerals, and more than 200 unpublished papers were lost to a fire in the Smithsonian Castle. His scientific legacy was further written off as insignificant in an 1879 essay published through the Smithsonian fifty years after his death--a claim that author Steven Turner demonstrates is far from the truth. By providing scientific and intellectual context to his work, The Science of James Smithson is a comprehensive tribute to Smithson's contributions to his fields, including chemistry, mineralogy, and more. This detailed narrative illuminates Smithson and his quest for knowledge at a time when chemists still debated thing as basic as the nature of fire, and struggled to maintain their networks amid the ever-changing conditions of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars.
The Lost World Of James Smithson
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Author : Heather Ewing
language : en
Publisher: A&C Black
Release Date : 2010-12-15
The Lost World Of James Smithson written by Heather Ewing and has been published by A&C Black this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-12-15 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
In 1836 the United States government received a strange and unprecedented gift - a bequest of 104,960 gold sovereigns (then worth half a million dollars) to establish a foundation in Washington 'for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men'. The Smithsonian Institution, as it would eventually be called, grew into the largest museum and research complex in the world. Yet it owes its existence to an Englishman who never set foot in the United States, and who has remained a shadowy figure for more than a hundred and fifty years. Smithson lived a restless life in the capitals of Europe during the turbulent years of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars; at one time he was trailed by the French secret police, and later languished as a prisoner of war in Denmark for four long years. Yet despite a certain a penchant for gambling and fine living, he had, by the time of his death in Paris in 1829, amassed a financial fortune and a wealth of scientific papers that he left to the new democracy America. Spurned by his natural father and his country, he would be acknowledged for his own achievements in the New World. Drawing on unpublished diaries and letters from archives all over Europe and the United States, Heather Ewing tells the full and compelling story for the first time, revealing a life lived at the heart of the English Enlightenment and illuminating the mind that sparked the creation of America's greatest museum.
The Lost World Of James Smithson
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Author : Heather Ewing
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2007-04-03
The Lost World Of James Smithson written by Heather Ewing and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-04-03 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Chronicles the life of James Smithson as a scientist, suspected spy, gambler, radical revolutionary, and philanthropist, telling the story of his remarkable bequest and the controversy it spawned.
The Scientific Writings Of James Smithson
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Author : James Smithson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1879
The Scientific Writings Of James Smithson written by James Smithson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1879 with Chemistry categories.
The Scientific Writings Of James Smithson
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Author : William J. Rhees
language : en
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Release Date : 2023-10-05
The Scientific Writings Of James Smithson written by William J. Rhees and has been published by BoD – Books on Demand this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-10-05 with Fiction categories.
Reprint of the original, first published in 1880.
The Scientific Writings Of James Smithson
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Author : J. Smithson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1881
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The Demon Crown
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Author : James Rollins
language : en
Publisher: William Morrow
Release Date : 2017
The Demon Crown written by James Rollins and has been published by William Morrow this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017 with FICTION categories.
"Off the coast of Brazil, a team of scientists discovers a horror like no other, an island where all life has been eradicated, consumed, and possessed by a species beyond imagination. Before they can report their discovery, a mysterious agency attacks the group, killing them all, save one: an entomologist, an expert on venomous creatures, Professor Ken Matsui from Cornell University. Strangest of all, this inexplicable threat traces back to a terrifying secret buried a century ago beneath the National Mall: a cache of bones preserved in amber..."--
Collecting The World
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Author : James Delbourgo
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2017-06-15
Collecting The World written by James Delbourgo and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-06-15 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Hans Sloane was a young doctor from Northern Ireland who made his way in London and eventually become physician to the king and much of London society. In his youth he made a defining visit to Jamaica, where he began collecting 'curiosities' of all kinds. He eventually became the centre of a worldwide network which allowed him to assemble the collections which became the core of the British Museum, the Natural History Museum, and the British Library. This is the first major biography of Sloane in 60 years. It explores not just the impact of an extraordinary man, but allows us a window onto the moment when the meaning of collections and collecting changed.
Ignorance And Uncertainty
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Author : Michael Smithson
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2012-12-06
Ignorance And Uncertainty written by Michael Smithson and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12-06 with Computers categories.
Ignorance and Uncertainty overviews a variety of approaches to the problem of indeterminacies in human thought and behavior. This book examines, in depth, trends in the psychology of judgment and decision-making under uncertainty or ignorance. Research from the fields of cognitive psychology, social psychology, organizational studies, sociology, and social anthroplogy are reviewed here in anticipation of what Dr. Smithson characterizes as the beginning of a "creative dialogue between these researchers". Ignorance and Uncertainty offers the conceptual framework for understanding the paradigms associated with current research. It discusses the ways in which attitudes toward ignorance and uncertainty are changing, and addresses issues previously ignored.
James Smithson And His Bequest
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Author : William Jones Rhees
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1881
James Smithson And His Bequest written by William Jones Rhees and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1881 with categories.