Consolations in Travel: Or, the Last Days of a Philosopher by Humphry Davy

Consolations in Travel: Or, the Last Days of a Philosopher

Humphry Davy

298 pages first pub 2000 (editions)

philosophy reflective medium-paced
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Arguably the first celebrity scientist, and the epitome of the 'Romantic' natural philosopher, Sir Humphry Davy (1778 1829) was a brilliant lecturer whose popularising of science made him famous. He pioneered electrochemistry, befriended the Roman...

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