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The Culture of Science in France, 1700–1900
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The Culture of Science in France, 1700–1900

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Format Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10 0860783391
ISBN-13 9780860783398
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint Variorum
Country of Manufacture GB
Country of Publication GB
Publication Date Nov 17th, 1992
Print length 352 Pages
Weight 618 grams
Dimensions 23.00 x 15.30 x 2.40 cms
Ksh 7,600.00
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Treats the period in science history in France which supplied structures that fostered research and the diffusion of research and technological knowledge; also addresses the physical sciences - of heat and imponderable fluids and their relations with experimental and technological practice.
This volume treats a remarkable period in the history of science in France. The articles in the first of its two sections, concerned with patronage and institutions, explore the structures that fostered research and the diffusion of scientific and technological knowledge, not only in the great institutions under state control but also in the very different world of the independent academies and the many scientific and industrial societies in Paris and the provinces. The second section focuses on the physical sciences, in particular the physics of heat and the imponderable fluids, and their relations with experimental and technological practice. It contains studies of figures of outstanding importance in the history of French science, including J.H. Lambert, P.S. de Laplace, and Sadi Carnot. Taken together, the articles provide an unusually coherent picture of a nation’s science over a period of a century, developing a methodological perspective that unites cognitive and social considerations. Cet ouvrage traite d’une période remarquable de l’histoire scientifique française. Les articles dans la première des deux sections, concernant le mécénat et les institutions, explorent les structures qui encourageaient la recherche et la diffusion des connaissances scientifiques et technologiques; ce, non seulement dans les grandes institutions sous contrôle étatique, mais aussi dans le monde très différent des académies indépendantes et des nombreuses sociétés scientifiques et industrielles à Paris et en province. La seconde section porte sur les sciences physiques, en particulier la physique thermique et les fluides impondérables, ainsi que leurs relations avec la pratique expérimentale et technologique. Elle contient des études de grands personnages d’une importance exceptionnelle dans l’histoire de la science française, comprenant: J.H. Lambert, P.S. de Laplace et Sadi Carnot. Dans leur ensemble, ces textes fournissent une image cohérente

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