The Experimental Self: Humphry Davy and the Making of a Man of Science, by Jan Golinski

Richard Joyner on a biography seeking to reveal the chemist’s talent for reinvention

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May 5, 2016
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May 5, 2016
Scientific Researches: New Discoveries in Pneumaticks, by James Gillray
Source: National Portrait Gallery, London
Not just hot air: Humphry Davy ‘refined his public persona continually, as successful showmen do’, says Richard Joyner

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