The Man Who Flattened the Earth: Maupertuis and the Sciences in the Enlightenment - Mary Terrall - Books - The University of Chicago Press - 9780226793610 - June 15, 2006
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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

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released June 15, 2006
ISBN13 9780226793610
Publishers The University of Chicago Press
Pages 468
Dimensions 230 × 154 × 31 mm   ·   636 g
Language English  

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