---
title: "Leviathan and the Air-Pump"
chunk: 8/9
source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leviathan_and_the_Air-Pump"
category: "reference"
tags: "science, encyclopedia"
date_saved: "2026-05-05T04:36:51.494994+00:00"
instance: "kb-cron"
---

=== English editions ===
(Hardcover) Shapin, Steven; Schaffer, Simon (1985). Leviathan and the air-pump : Hobbes, Boyle, and the experimental life : including a translation of Thomas Hobbes, Dialogus physicus de natura aeris by Simon Schaffer (1st ed.). Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. ISBN 0-691-08393-2. OCLC 12078908.
(Paperback) Shapin, Steven; Schaffer, Simon (1989) [1985]. Leviathan and the air-pump : Hobbes, Boyle, and the experimental life : including a translation of Thomas Hobbes, Dialogus physicus de natura aeris by Simon Schaffer (1st Princeton paperback printing, with corrections ed.). Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. ISBN 0-691-02432-4. OCLC 21974013.
(eBook) Shapin, Steven; Schaffer, Simon (2011). Leviathan and the air-pump : Hobbes, Boyle, and the experimental life : with a new introduction by the authors (2nd ed.). Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-1-4008-3849-3. OCLC 759907750.
(Paperback) Shapin, Steven; Schaffer, Simon (2017). Leviathan and the air-pump : Hobbes, Boyle, and the experimental life (First Princeton Classics paperback ed.). Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-17816-5. OCLC 984327399.

=== Translations ===
Shapin, Steven; Schaffer, Simon (1993). Leviathan et la pompe à air: Hobbes et Boyle entre science et politique (in French). Translated by Piélat, Thierry; Barjansky, Sylvie. Paris: Ed. La Découverte. ISBN 978-2-7071-2273-5. OCLC 29400446.
Shapin, Steven; Schaffer, Simon (1994). Il Leviatano e la pompa ad aria: Hobbes, Boyle e la cultura dell' esperimento (in Italian). Translated by Brigati, Roberto. Scandicci: La Nuova Italia. ISBN 978-88-221-1503-4. OCLC 849036629.
Shapin, Steven; Schaffer, Simon (2006). 利維坦與空氣泵浦: 霍布斯, 波以耳與實驗生活 / Liweitan yu kong qi beng pu : Huobusi, Boyier yu shi yan sheng huo (in Chinese). 台北市 / Taibei Shi: 行人出版社 / Xing ren chu ban she. ISBN 978-986-81860-2-6. OCLC 467102599.

== Notes ==

== Further reading ==

=== Notable reviews ===
Cohen, I. Bernard (June 1987). "Leviathan and the Air-Pump: Hobbes, Boyle, and the Experimental Life". The American Historical Review. 92 (3): 658. doi:10.2307/1869945. JSTOR 1869945.
Foisneau, Luc; Poller, Nidra (2004). "Beyond the Air-Pump: Hobbes, Boyle and the Omnipotence of God". Rivista di Storia della Filosofia (1984-). 59 (1): 33–49. ISSN 0393-2516. JSTOR 44024683.
Hannaway, Owen (April 1988). "Leviathan and the Air-Pump: Hobbes, Boyle and the Experimental Life". Technology and Culture. 29 (2): 291. doi:10.2307/3105534. JSTOR 3105534. S2CID 130559524.* Jennings, Richard C. (September 1988). "Review of Leviathan and the Air-Pump: Hobbes, Boyle, and the Experimental Life". The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science. 39 (3): 403–410. doi:10.1093/bjps/39.3.403. ISSN 0007-0882. JSTOR 687218.
Heilbron, J. L. (April 1989). "Steven Shapin and Simon Schaffer, Leviathan and the air-pump. Hobbes, Boyle, and the experimental life. Including a translation of Thomas Hobbes, Dialogus physicus de natura aeris, by Simon Schaffer, Princeton University Press, 1985, 8vo, pp. xiv, 440, illus., £43.00". Medical History. 33 (2): 256–257. doi:10.1017/S0025727300049292. ISSN 0025-7273. PMC 1035825.
Hill, Christopher (November 1986). "'A New Kind of Clergy': Ideology and the Experimental Method". Social Studies of Science. 16 (4): 726–735. doi:10.1177/030631286016004009. ISSN 0306-3127. JSTOR 285061. S2CID 143000049.
James, Peter J. (1990). "Review of Leviathan and the Air Pump: Hobbes, Boyle and the Experimental Life". History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences. 12 (1): 134–137. ISSN 0391-9714. JSTOR 23330483.
Latour, Bruno (March 1990). "Postmodern? No, simply amodern! Steps towards an anthropology of science". Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A. 21 (1): 145–171. Bibcode:1990SHPSA..21..145L. doi:10.1016/0039-3681(90)90018-4. ISSN 0039-3681.
Martinich, Aloysius (April 1989). "Leviathan and the Air-Pump. Hobbes, Boyle, and the Experimental Life (review)" (PDF). Journal of the History of Philosophy. 27 (2): 308–309. doi:10.1353/hph.1989.0025. ISSN 1538-4586. S2CID 144310839.
North, J. D. (April 1987). "Review of Leviathan and the Air-Pump: Hobbes, Boyle, and the Experimental Life". American Scientist. 75 (2): 216. ISSN 0003-0996. JSTOR 27854596.
Pestre, Dominique (1990). "Leviathan and the Air-Pump, Hobbes, Boyle, and the Experimental Life". Revue d'histoire des sciences. 43 (1): 109–116. doi:10.3406/rhs.1990.4160. ISSN 0151-4105. JSTOR 23633139.
Pinch, Trevor (November 1986). "Review of Leviathan and the Air-Pump: Hobbes, Boyle, and the Experimental Life". Sociology. 20 (4): 653–654. doi:10.1177/0038038586020004035. ISSN 0038-0385. JSTOR 42854370. S2CID 220430744.

=== "A Second Look" ===
Cohen, H. Floris (1 March 2017). "A Second Look: Leviathan and the Air-Pump : Editor's Introduction". Isis. 108 (1): 107. doi:10.1086/691397. ISSN 0021-1753. S2CID 151926918.
Achbari, Azadeh (1 March 2017). "The Reviews of Leviathan and the Air-Pump : A Survey". Isis. 108 (1): 108–116. doi:10.1086/691398. hdl:1871.1/e465cd36-92de-40c2-a5d4-fc9a5ea79b97. ISSN 0021-1753. S2CID 54556746.
Hankins, Thomas L. (1 March 2017). "Comment: Reviewing a Review". Isis. 108 (1): 117–118. doi:10.1086/691399. ISSN 0021-1753. S2CID 151781285.
Pestre, Dominique (1 March 2017). "Comment: The Making of a Reference Book". Isis. 108 (1): 119–121. doi:10.1086/691400. ISSN 0021-1753. S2CID 151750477.
Heilbron, J. L. (1 March 2017). "Comment: A Last Judgment". Isis. 108 (1): 122–123. doi:10.1086/691401. ISSN 0021-1753. S2CID 151387936.
Wood, Paul (1 March 2017). "Comment: Behemoth v. the Sceptical Chymist, Revisited". Isis. 108 (1): 124–126. doi:10.1086/691413. ISSN 0021-1753. S2CID 152000796.
Pinch, Trevor (1 March 2017). "Comment: All Pumped Up about the Sociology of Scientific Knowledge". Isis. 108 (1): 127–129. doi:10.1086/691414. ISSN 0021-1753. S2CID 151319253.
Jiang, Lijing (1 March 2017). "Comment: Taking Experiments Afresh Again". Isis. 108 (1): 133–135. doi:10.1086/691415. ISSN 0021-1753. S2CID 151389408.
García-Deister, Vivette (1 March 2017). "Comment: El Leviathan y la bomba de vacío, an Enduring Epistemological Intervention". Isis. 108 (1): 136–139. doi:10.1086/691417. ISSN 0021-1753. S2CID 152125942.
Wellerstein, Alex (1 March 2017). "Comment: The Epistemology of Civility and the Civility of Epistemology". Isis. 108 (1): 140–142. doi:10.1086/691418. ISSN 0021-1753. S2CID 151432770.
Schaffer, Simon; Shapin, Steven (1 March 2017). "Final Comment: Authors' Response". Isis. 108 (1): 143–144. doi:10.1086/691419. ISSN 0021-1753. S2CID 151343812.