Books by Laura J. Snyder

The author is Laura J. Snyder and the subtitle is Four Remarkable Friends Who Transformed Science and Changed the World .  This is an excellent book about the history and status of science in 19th century England and in particular the contributions of Charles Babbage, John Herschel, William Whewell, and Richard Jones, the latter an economist and of course Whewell debated induction and scientific method with Mill.  Babbage too had writings on economics .  Here is an excerpt from Snyder: