Science and Polity in France

The End of the Old Regime

Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Science, Other Sciences, History
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Author: Charles Coulston Gillispie ISBN: 9781400824618
Publisher: Princeton University Press Publication: January 10, 2009
Imprint: Princeton University Press Language: English
Author: Charles Coulston Gillispie
ISBN: 9781400824618
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication: January 10, 2009
Imprint: Princeton University Press
Language: English

By the end of the eighteenth century, the French dominated the world of science. And although science and politics had little to do with each other directly, there were increasingly frequent intersections. This is a study of those transactions between science and state, knowledge and power--on the eve of the French Revolution. Charles Gillispie explores how the links between science and polity in France were related to governmental reform, modernization of the economy, and professionalization of science and engineering.

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By the end of the eighteenth century, the French dominated the world of science. And although science and politics had little to do with each other directly, there were increasingly frequent intersections. This is a study of those transactions between science and state, knowledge and power--on the eve of the French Revolution. Charles Gillispie explores how the links between science and polity in France were related to governmental reform, modernization of the economy, and professionalization of science and engineering.

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