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020			_a9781139644853 (ebook)
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100	1		_aDavy, Humphry, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aConsolations in Travel : _bOr, The Last Days of a Philosopher / _cHumphry Davy, Edited by John Davy.
264		1	_aPlace of publication not identified : _bpublisher not identified, _c1830.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press
300			_a1 online resource (298 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aCambridge library collection. Earth Science
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
520			_aArguably 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.
700	1		_aDavy, John, _eeditor.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9781108064248
830		0	_aCambridge library collection. _pEarth Science.
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139644853
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