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The Man Who Flattened the Earth: Maupertuis and the Sciences in the Enlightenment Mary Terrall New edition
The Man Who Flattened the Earth: Maupertuis and the Sciences in the Enlightenment
Mary Terrall
Self-styled adventurer, literary wit, and statesman of science, Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis stood at the center of Enlightenment science and culture. This work offers a portrait of this man, revealing how his private life and public works made him a man of science in eighteenth-century Europe.
468 pages, 25 halftones
| Mídia | Livros Paperback Book (Livro de capa flexível e brochura) |
| Lançado | 15 de junho de 2006 |
| ISBN13 | 9780226793610 |
| Editoras | The University of Chicago Press |
| Páginas | 468 |
| Dimensões | 230 × 154 × 31 mm · 636 g |
| Idioma | Inglês |