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

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

"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 St...

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Main Author: Jones, Steve, 1944- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Pegasus Books, 2017.
Edition:First Pegasus books hardcover edition.
Subjects:
1700-1799
Science > France > History > 18th century.
Scientists > France > Biography.
Scientists > France > Paris > Biography.
Scientists > France.
Science > France > Paris > History > 18th century.
Technological innovations > France > Paris > History > 18th century.
Science.
Scientists.
France > History > Revolution, 1789-1799.
France > History > 1789-1799, Revolution.
Paris (France) > History > Revolution, 1789-1799.
Paris (France) > Intellectual life > 18th century.
France.
France > Paris.
Biographies.
History.

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