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Roos's book—generously illustrated with over seventy images of portraits, medals, engravings, archival documents and other objects—brings Folkes vividly to life. * LIAM SIMS, Cambridge, UK * [Anna Marie Roos's] depth and breadth of knowledge are awe inspiring . . . This is an all-round, first-class piece of scholarship that not only introduces the reader to the little known but important figure of Martin Folkes, but because of the extensive contextual embedding provides a solid introduction to the social and cultural context in which science was practiced not only in England but throughout Europe in the first half of the eighteenth century. Highly recommended and not just for historians of science * Thony Christie, The Renaissance Mathematicus Blog * Roos is to be commended for writing the initial monograph on an unjustly neglected figure, providing thoughtful accounts of Folkes's contributions to a multitude of disciplines. * William Eisler, The Medal *

Roos's book—generously illustrated with over seventy images of portraits, medals, engravings, archival documents and other objects—brings Folkes vividly to life. * LIAM SIMS, Cambridge, UK * [Anna Marie Roos's] depth and breadth of knowledge are awe inspiring . . . This is an all-round, first-class piece of scholarship that not only introduces the reader to the little known but important figure of Martin Folkes, but because of the extensive contextual embedding provides a solid introduction to the social and cultural context in which science was practiced not only in England but throughout Europe in the first half of the eighteenth century. Highly recommended and not just for historians of science * Thony Christie, The Renaissance Mathematicus Blog * Ross is to be commended for writing the initial monograph on an unjustly neglected figure, providing thoughtful accounts of Folkes's contributions to a multitude of disciplines. * William Eisler, The Medal *

Roos's bookDLgenerously illustrated with over seventy images of portraits, medals, engravings, archival documents and other objectsDLbrings Folkes vividly to life. * LIAM SIMS, Cambridge, UK * [Anna Marie Roos's] depth and breadth of knowledge are awe inspiring . . . This is an all-round, first-class piece of scholarship that not only introduces the reader to the little known but important figure of Martin Folkes, but because of the extensive contextual embedding provides a solid introduction to the social and cultural context in which science was practiced not only in England but throughout Europe in the first half of the eighteenth century. Highly recommended and not just for historians of science * Thony Christie, The Renaissance Mathematicus Blog * Roos is to be commended for writing the initial monograph on an unjustly neglected figure, providing thoughtful accounts of Folkes's contributions to a multitude of disciplines. * William Eisler, The Medal *

[Anna Marie Roos's] depth and breadth of knowledge are awe inspiring . . . This is an all-round, first-class piece of scholarship that not only introduces the reader to the little known but important figure of Martin Folkes, but because of the extensive contextual embedding provides a solid introduction to the social and cultural context in which science was practiced not only in England but throughout Europe in the first half of the eighteenth century. Highly recommended and not just for historians of science * Thony Christie, The Renaissance Mathematicus Blog *

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Anna Marie Roos is a Professor of the History of Science and Medicine at the University of Lincoln

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