DeWitt Clinton and Amos Eaton

A significant contribution to our current understanding of the history of science between the first scientific revolution of the early modern period and the emergence of modern, professionalized science... Provocative and compelling.

DeWitt Clinton and Amos Eaton provides the reader with a fresh exploration of the early American republic... Here is a volume chock full of good ideas and evocative questions.

A compelling story of the intersections between science and politics in the early decades of the nineteenth century.

What a good and interesting read this is, and that what is most novel and most striking are the numerous connections that others have perhaps seen—one here and one there—but that Spanagel has woven into a rich network that makes deep cultural sense.

DeWitt Clinton and Amos Eaton is an unfailingly interesting and informative book. It provides excellent insight into antebellum New York and neatly details how Clinton, Van Rensselaer, and Eaton had a profound impact on the intellectual and political life of New York.... This is a book that should be read by anyone interested in antebellum US history or the history of science. It will appeal to a variety of academics and should be very useful in graduate seminars.