03746oam 22007934a 450 991079682360332120231211185430.01-5261-3045-910.7765/9781526130457(CKB)4100000004822593(MiAaPQ)EBC5405989(OCoLC)1029669645(MdBmJHUP)muse67448(DE-B1597)660424(DE-B1597)9781526130457(EXLCZ)99410000000482259320140320d2006 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierPopular science and public opinion in eighteenth-century FranceMichael R. LynnManchester, England :Manchester University Press,2006.1 online resource (ix, 177 pages)Studies in early modern European history.0-7190-7373-1 0-7190-7374-X Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-175) and index.The practice of popularization -- The audience, economics, and geography of popular science -- Institutions of popular science -- Divining rods and public opinion -- Balloons and mass science.In this book, Michael R. Lynn analyses the popularisation of science in Enlightenment France. He examines the content of popular science, the methods of dissemination, the status of the popularisers and the audience, and the settings for dissemination and appropriation. Lynn introduces individuals like Jean-Antoine Nollet, who made a career out of applying electric shocks to people, and Perrin, who used his talented dog to lure customers to his physics show. He also examines scientifically oriented clubs like Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier's Musée de Monsieur which provided locations for people interested in science. Phenomena such as divining rods, used to find water and ores as well as to solve crimes; and balloons, the most spectacular of all types of popular science, demonstrate how people made use of their new knowledge.Lynn's study provides a clearer understanding of the role played by science in the Republic of Letters and the participation of the general population in the formation of public opinion on scientific matters.Studies in early modern European history.Popularisierunggnd(DE-588)4200720-3Naturwissenschaftengnd(DE-588)4041421-8SciencePublic opinionfast(OCoLC)fst01108351Science and civilizationfast(OCoLC)fst01108517Sciencefast(OCoLC)fst01108176Public opinionfast(OCoLC)fst01082785FrankreichgndFrancefastHistory.advertisements.audience.course descriptions.economics.eighteenth-century France.geography.popular science.popularizers.public lectures.public opinion.theatrics.urban scientific culture.Popularisierung.Naturwissenschaften.SciencePublic opinion.Science and civilization.Science.Public opinion.306.45094409033AK 16600rvkNN 7300rvkLynn Michael R1539217MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910796823603321Popular science and public opinion in eighteenth-century France3789935UNINA