Overview :Contributors.- Charles Gillispie.- Archaeology.- Astronomy.- Chemistry.- Geology, Biology and Natural Theology.- Mathematics.- Medicine and ... Read More
Overview :Lazare Carnot was the unique example in the history of science of someone who inadvertently owed the scientific recognition he eventually ac... Read More
Overview :By the end of the eighteenth century, the French dominated the world of science. And although science and politics had little to do with eac... Read More
Overview :Pierre-Simon Laplace was among the most influential scientists in history. Often referred to as the lawgiver of French science, he is known ... Read More
Overview :First published in 1951, Genesis and Geology describes the background of social and theological ideas and the progress of scientific researc... Read More
Overview :A collection of essays of enduring interest in the history of science by Charles Coulston Gillispie, Dayton-Stockton Professor of History of... Read More
Overview :From the 1770s through the 1820s the French scientific community predominated in the world to a degree that no other scientific establishmen... Read More