Revolutionary science: transformation and turmoil in the age of the guillotine [First Pegasus Books hardcover edition] 9781681773094, 9781681773735, 1681773090

"Paris at the time of the French Revolution was the world capital of science. Its scholars laid the foundations of

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English Pages xxx, 353 Seiten : Illustrationen ; 24 cm Year 2017

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Revolutionary science: transformation and turmoil in the age of the guillotine [First Pegasus Books hardcover edition]
 9781681773094, 9781681773735, 1681773090

Table of contents :
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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