Simon Schaffer

5 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 • 1985

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 • 2017

informative reflective medium-paced
A Book of the Body Politic: Connecting Biology, Politics and Social Theory by Bruno Latour, Pasquale Gagliardi, Simon Schaffer

A Book of the Body Politic: Connecting Biology, Politics and Social Theory

Bruno Latour, Pasquale Gagliardi, Simon Schaffer

322 pages

philosophy politics science sociology
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 • hardcover • 2009

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 • 2010

nonfiction essays history science informative lighthearted slow-paced