Man Who Flattened the Earth: Maupertuis and the Sciences in the Enlightenment Book

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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 T, Man Who Flattened the Earth: Maupertuis and the Sciences in the Enlightenment

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Man Who Flattened the Earth: Maupertuis and the Sciences in the Enlightenment
Written by author Mary Terrall
Published by University of Chicago Press, June 2006
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 T
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 T

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List of Illustrations Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations A Note on Translations
1. Portrait of a Man of Science
2. From Saint-Malo to Paris
3. Mathematics and Mechanics in the Paris Academy of Sciences
4. The Expedition to Lapland
5. The Polemical Aftermath of the Lapland Expedition
6. Beyond Newton and on to Berlin
7. Toward a Science of Living Things
8. The Berlin Academy of Sciences
9. Teleology, Cosmology, and Least Action
10. Heredity and Materialism
11. The Final Years Bibliography Index

Title: Man Who Flattened the Earth: Maupertuis and the Sciences in the Enlightenment

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Publication Date: June 2006

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Width: 6.000 cm (2.36 inches)

Heigh : 9.000 cm (3.54 inches)

Depth: 1.200 cm (0.47 inches)

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Great slice of life during the time period following the birth of science.

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