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Revolutionary science: transformation and turmoil in the age of the guillotine

By Jones , Steve

Book information

Publisher
Pegasus Books
Year
2017
ISBN
9781681773094, 9781681773735, 1681773090
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
7 MB (7697018 bytes)
Edition
First Pegasus Books hardcover edition
Pages
xxx, 353 Seiten : Illustrationen ; 24 cm\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
1700-1799;Biographies;Biography;History;Französisc1789-1799;Revolution (France : 1789-1799);France;F

Description

"Paris at the time of the French Revolution was the world capital of science. Its scholars laid the foundations of today's physics, chemistry, and biology. They were true revolutionaries: agents of an upheaval both of understanding and of politics ... In this ... book, ... science writer Steve Jones ... takes a new look at Paris, its history, and its science, to give the reader ... new insight into the City of Light"--Amazon.com. Confessions of a Soixante-Huitard -- A flash of inspiration -- The wall of the farmers-general -- Ashes to ashes -- Let them eat chips -- Fire and ice -- Einstein's pendulum -- The empire of anarchy -- A degree of latitude -- President Jefferson's moose -- Handing it on -- Envoi : After the delulge.

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