Consolations in Travel

Or, The Last Days of a Philosopher

By:

Humphry Davy

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Paperback / softback

Series:

Cambridge Library Collection - Physical Sciences

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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 Romantic poets, invented a safety lamp for miners and even wrote on angling (see On the Safety Lamp and Salmonia, also reissued in this series). Described as 'the last words of a dying Plato', Consolations in Travel was published posthumously in 1830. It is an intriguing mixture of poetry, autobiographical sketches, descriptions of dreams, philosophical musings on the afterlife and, in the view of one contemporary review, 'some [matter] which sober reason must dissent as extravagant, and almost bordering on the absurd'. Here, in his final months, Davy turns to the eternal, believing that through science all the questions of the universe could be answered. It remains a poignant and controversial postscript to an illustrious life.

Release date NZ

May 6th, 2013

Author

Humphry Davy

Audience

Professional & Vocational

Contributor

Edited by John Davy

Illustrations

Worked examples or Exercises

Pages

298

Series

Cambridge Library Collection - Physical Sciences

Dimensions

140x216x17

ISBN-13

9781108064248

Product ID

21269010

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