Description |
xii, 601 pages ; 24 cm |
Note |
Originally published: Science and polity in France at the end of the Old Regime. Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c1980. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 553-578) and index. |
Contents |
Science and politics under the constituent assembly -- Education, science, and politics -- The Museum of Natural History and the Academy of Science : rise and fall -- The metric system -- Science and the terror -- Scientists at war -- Thermidorean convention and directory -- Bonaparte and the scientific community -- Positivist science. |
Subject |
Science -- France -- History.
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Science. |
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France. |
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History. |
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Science and state -- France.
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Science and state. |
Added Title |
Science and polity in France at the end of the old regime https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2004003514
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ISBN |
0691118493 paperback alkaline paper |
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