The man who flattened the earth Maupertuis and the sciences in the enlightenment
Self-styled adventurer, literary wit, philosopher, and statesman of science, Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis (1698-1759) stood at the center of Enlightenment science and culture. Offering an elegant and accessible portrait of this remarkable man, Mary Terrall uses the story of Maupertuis's li...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chicago :
University of Chicago Press
c2002.
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| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
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| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b31257975*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Portrait of a man of science
- From Saint-Malo to Paris
- Mathematics and mechanics in the Paris Academy of Sciences
- The expedition to Lapland
- The polemical aftermath of the Lapland expedition
- Beyond Newton and on to Berlin
- Toward a science of living things
- The Berlin Academy of Sciences
- Teleology, cosmology, and least action
- Heredity and materialism
- The final years.
