Author: WOLF, A.
Title: A History Of Science Technology, And Philosophy In The Eighteenth Century.
Description: First Edition; Thick 8vo; pp. 814, plus two pages of advertisements at rear; frontispiece, 345 b/w illustrations, index; original blue cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, wear to cloth of front and back boards, minor bumping to corners and edges of spine, previous owner's name in ink to front free endpaper, a good copy. London, George, Allen and Unwin, (1938). Covers numerous topics discussed and debated during the enlightenment period of the eighteenth century including mathematics, mechanics, astronomy, physics, medicine, transport, industry, philosophy and economics amongst others. Numerous enlightenment thinkers and their works are mentioned and discussed including the likes of Kant, Smith, Diderot, Hume, Voltaire and more.

Keywords: European Enlightenment France Scotland Britain England science discovery progress philosophy The Age of Reason