Description: The essays in this volume consider the interplay of science and spectacle in eighteenth-century Europe, describing the variety of public demonstrations of science in sites ranging from academies and laboratories to shops and streets.
Review Quotes: 'A valuable addition to research libraries. Highly recommended.' Choice 'This exceptionally coherent volume should appeal to historians of science and of enlightenment more broadly.' English Historical Review 'We can be grateful to Ashgate for its steady production of volumes [...] in the history of eighteenth-century science, including this wide-ranging collection that illuminates a significant aspect of Enlightenment experimental science.' New Perspectives on the Eighteenth Century