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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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1. Verfasser:	Terrall, Mary
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©2002.
Schlagworte:	Maupertuis, > 1698-1759. Maupertuis, > 1698-1759 Maupertuis, Pierre Louis Moreau de. Scientists > France > Biography. Science. Science Sciences. sciences (philosophy) science (modern discipline) BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Science & Technology. Scientists Natuurwetenschappen. France Electronic books. Biography Biographies Biographies.
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Zusammenfassung:	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 life, self-fashioning, and scientific works to explore what it meant to do science and to be a man of science in eighteenth-century Europe. Beginning his scientific career as a mathematician in Paris, Maupertuis entered the public eye with a much-discussed expedition to Lapland, which confirmed Newton's ca.
Beschreibung:	1 online resource (ix, 408 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliographie:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-392) and index.
ISBN:	9780226793627 0226793621 0226793605 9780226793603 1282932942 9781282932944 9786612932946 6612932945

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spelling	Terrall, Mary. The man who flattened the earth : Maupertuis and the sciences in the enlightenment / Mary Terrall. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©2002. 1 online resource (ix, 408 pages) : illustrations, maps text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-392) and index. 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. 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 life, self-fashioning, and scientific works to explore what it meant to do science and to be a man of science in eighteenth-century Europe. Beginning his scientific career as a mathematician in Paris, Maupertuis entered the public eye with a much-discussed expedition to Lapland, which confirmed Newton's ca. Print version record. English. Maupertuis, 1698-1759. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81043717 Maupertuis, 1698-1759 Maupertuis, 1698-1759 fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJd89PV74gy6QBVDbjvrbd Maupertuis, Pierre Louis Moreau de. swd Scientists France Biography. Science. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85118553 Science Sciences. sciences (philosophy) aat science (modern discipline) aat BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Science & Technology. bisacsh Science fast Scientists fast France fast https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJd8gD4vdtqQMdQHvYqbBP Natuurwetenschappen. gtt Electronic books. Biography Biographies fast Biographies. lcgft http://id.loc.gov/authorities/genreForms/gf2014026049 Biographies. rvmgf has work: The man who flattened the earth (Text) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCGJJd9JfPqmMfGF7D9mR4y https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork Print version: Terrall, Mary. Man who flattened the earth. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©2002 0226793605 (DLC) 2002006778 (OCoLC)49719072 FWS01 ZDB-4-EBA FWS_PDA_EBA https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=348232 Volltext
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