Simon Schaffer

4 books

Leviathan and the Air-Pump: Hobbes, Boyle, and the Experimental Life by Steven Shapin, Simon Schaffer

Leviathan and the Air-Pump: Hobbes, Boyle, and the Experimental Life

Steven Shapin, Simon Schaffer

440 pages • first pub 1985 (editions)

nonfiction history science challenging informative slow-paced
Aesthetics of Universal Knowledge by John Tresch, Pasquale Gagliardi, Simon Schaffer

Aesthetics of Universal Knowledge

John Tresch, Pasquale Gagliardi, Simon Schaffer

271 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

informative reflective medium-paced
The Brokered World: Go-Betweens and Global Intelligence, 1770-1820 by Simon Schaffer et al, Simon Schaffer
The Brokered World: Go-Betweens and Global Intelligence, 1770-1820
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Simon Schaffer et al, Simon Schaffer

The Brokered World: Go-Betweens and Global Intelligence, 1770-1820

Simon Schaffer et al, Simon Schaffer

560 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

medium-paced
Seeing Further: The Story of Science, Discovery, and the Genius of the Royal Society by Bill Bryson

Seeing Further: The Story of Science, Discovery, and the Genius of the Royal Society

Bill Bryson

512 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction essays history science informative lighthearted slow-paced