Summary
The brilliant sequel to the prize-winning Enlightenment.
“As an introduction to early modern thinking and the impact of past ideas on present lives, this book can find few equals and no superiors. Porter is a witty, humane writer with an extraordinary vocabulary and a sparkling sense of fun. Whether he is quoting from obscure medical texts or analysing scabrous diaries, dishing the dirt on long-dead bigwigs or evoking sympathy for human suffering, his grasp is masterly and his eruditi…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140167351 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0140167358 |
| Author: | Roy Porter |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 592 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 27 January 2005 |
| Weight: | 145g |
| Dimensions: | 1mm x 129mm x 198mm |
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Roy Porter
Roy Porter was until his retirement Professor in the Social History of Medicine at the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine. His last book ENLIGHTENMENT won a 2001 Wolfson Prize. He completed FLESH IN THE AGE OF REASON in the week of his death.
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