The man who flattened the earth [[electronic resource] ] : Maupertuis and the sciences in the enlightenment / / Mary Terrall |
Autore | Terrall Mary |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, c2002 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (420 p.) |
Disciplina |
509.2
B |
Soggetto topico | Scientists - France |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-282-93294-2
9786612932946 0-226-79362-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- A Note on Translations -- 1. Portrait of a Man of Science -- 2. From Saint-Malo to Paris -- 3. Mathematics and Mechanics in the Paris Academy of Sciences -- 4. The Expedition to Lapland -- 5. The Polemical Aftermath of the Lapland Expedition -- 6. Beyond Newton and on to Berlin -- 7. Toward a Science of Living Things -- 8. The Berlin Academy of Sciences -- 9. Teleology, Cosmology, and Least Action -- 10. Heredity and Materialism -- 11. The Final Years -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910459091503321 |
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The man who flattened the earth [[electronic resource] ] : Maupertuis and the sciences in the enlightenment / / Mary Terrall |
Autore | Terrall Mary |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, c2002 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (420 p.) |
Disciplina |
509.2
B |
Soggetto topico | Scientists - France |
Soggetto non controllato | maupertuis, science, enlightenment, self fashioning, expedition, exploration, lapland, newton, poles, metaphysics, astronomy, navigation, physics, academy of sciences, prussia, frederick the great, berlin, print culture, government, scientific institutions, mathematics, biology, paris, least action, teleology, cosmology, materialism, heredity, nonfiction |
ISBN |
1-282-93294-2
9786612932946 0-226-79362-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- A Note on Translations -- 1. Portrait of a Man of Science -- 2. From Saint-Malo to Paris -- 3. Mathematics and Mechanics in the Paris Academy of Sciences -- 4. The Expedition to Lapland -- 5. The Polemical Aftermath of the Lapland Expedition -- 6. Beyond Newton and on to Berlin -- 7. Toward a Science of Living Things -- 8. The Berlin Academy of Sciences -- 9. Teleology, Cosmology, and Least Action -- 10. Heredity and Materialism -- 11. The Final Years -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910785472603321 |
Terrall Mary
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Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, c2002 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The man who flattened the earth [[electronic resource] ] : Maupertuis and the sciences in the enlightenment / / Mary Terrall |
Autore | Terrall Mary |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, c2002 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (420 p.) |
Disciplina |
509.2
B |
Soggetto topico | Scientists - France |
Soggetto non controllato | maupertuis, science, enlightenment, self fashioning, expedition, exploration, lapland, newton, poles, metaphysics, astronomy, navigation, physics, academy of sciences, prussia, frederick the great, berlin, print culture, government, scientific institutions, mathematics, biology, paris, least action, teleology, cosmology, materialism, heredity, nonfiction |
ISBN |
1-282-93294-2
9786612932946 0-226-79362-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- A Note on Translations -- 1. Portrait of a Man of Science -- 2. From Saint-Malo to Paris -- 3. Mathematics and Mechanics in the Paris Academy of Sciences -- 4. The Expedition to Lapland -- 5. The Polemical Aftermath of the Lapland Expedition -- 6. Beyond Newton and on to Berlin -- 7. Toward a Science of Living Things -- 8. The Berlin Academy of Sciences -- 9. Teleology, Cosmology, and Least Action -- 10. Heredity and Materialism -- 11. The Final Years -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910826527303321 |
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Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, c2002 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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