Science For A Polite Society : Gender, Culture, And The Demonstration Of Enlightenment
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Format
Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
0367317893
ISBN-13
9780367317898
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint
Routledge
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Sep 13th, 2019
Print length
408 Pages
Weight
453 grams
Product Classification:
Gender studies, gender groupsGender studies, gender groups
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This book is an intriguing re-examination of the social, cultural, and intellectual context of the origins of modern science. It shows that the French adopted science as basis for their enlightenment because of their personal fascination with philosophy of nature and the history of its creatures.
Traditional accounts of the scientific revolution focus on such thinkers as Copernicus, Galileo, and Newton, and usually portray it as a process of steady, rational progress. There is another side to this story, and its protagonists are more likely to be women than men, dilettante aristocrats than highly educated natural philosophers. The setting i
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