Joseph Banks and the English Enlightenment
Subtitle: Useful Knowledge and Polite Culture
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: December 18, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780521542111
Subjects: Biography: general; Botany & plant sciences; c 1700 to c 1800; Politics/International Relations; Political Science; Politics / Current Events; England; History & Theory - General; Political Science / History & Theory; Science--Great Britain--History--18th century
First sentence: Like Francis Bacon, Bank's importance lies not in his own scientific contributions-which were few and slight-but rather in his ability to publicise the possibilities of science when linked with sympathetic patrons, particularly government.