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Crosland, Maurice P.

The Society of Arcueil : A View of French Science at the Time of Napoleon I / Maurice P. Crosland. - Reprint 2013 - 1 online resource (514 p.) : illustrated

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Manuscript Sources -- Acknowledgements -- List of Plates -- Abbreviations -- The Society of Arcueil -- Introduction -- Chapter One: Napoleon Bonaparte and Science -- Chapter Two: The Men of Arcueil -- Chapter Three: The Organization of Science in France at the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century -- Chapter Four: Scientific Institutions for Teaching and Research in Early Nineteenth-Century France -- Chapter Five: The Origins of the Society of Arcueil -- Chapter Six: The Activities of the Society of Arcueil -- Chapter Seven: The 'Mémoires' of the Society of Arcueil -- Chapter Eight: Arcueil-The Last Phase (1814-1822) -- Chapter Nine: The Influence of Former Members of the Society of Arcueil on Nineteenth-Century Science -- Select Bibliography of Printed Sources -- Name Index -- Subject Index

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Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.


In English.

ISBN: 9780674330122 9780674330146

Standard No.: 10.4159/harvard.9780674330146 doi

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Naturwissenschaften.
Science--History.--France
Sciences.
Science -- France -- History.
Société d'Arcueil.
HISTORY / General.

LC Class. No.: QD1 / .S4543 1967a

Dewey Class. No.: 506/.2/4436