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The Philosophical Breakfast Club recounts the life and work of four men who met as students at Cambridge University: Charles Babbage, John Herschel, William Whewell, and Richard Jones.A Recognizing that they shared a love of science (as well as good food and drink) they began to meet on Sunday mornings to talk about the state of science in Britain and the world at large.A Inspired by the great 17th century scientific reformer and political figure Francis Bacona??another former student of Cambridgea??the Philosophical Breakfast Club plotted to bring about a new scientific revolution.A A And to a remarkable extent, they succeeded, even in…