Rob Iliffe (Oxford University and Princeton Institute for Advanced Study, History) "'As If Conjured by the Force of Magic': The Emergence of the Scientific Genius and the Celebration of the Imagination in Natural Philosophy, 1750-1820"

Date: 

Tuesday, March 3, 2020, 5:30pm to 7:00pm

Location: 

Robinson Hall, History Department Conference Room

Rob Iliffe (Oxford University and Princeton Institute for Advanced Study, History)

"'As If Conjured by the Force of Magic': The Emergence of the Scientific Genius and the Celebration of the Imagination in Natural Philosophy, 1750-1820"

Co-sponsored by the Harvard History of Philosophy Workshop, the Early Sciences Working Group and the Early Modern History Workshop.