Paris Savant: Capital of Science in the Age of Enlightenment by Bruno Belhoste, Susan Emanuel

Paris Savant: Capital of Science in the Age of Enlightenment

Bruno Belhoste, Susan Emanuel

328 pages first pub 2019 (editions)

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Novelist Honor� de Balzac was the first to use the phrase "Paris savant" to refer to the dynamic Parisian scientific and intellectual community of the late 18th century. The Academy of Sciences was highly active during this time, and was a meeting...

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