LES SCIENCES À L'ÂGE DES LUMIÈRES

12.5 x 18.5 cm / 228 pages / July 2017  

isbn: 978-2-35137-228-9

Anthony Turner (ed.)

French only

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The seven essays presented here, revolve around three themes little addressed in the study of the Enlightenment. Gilles Bertrand and Patrice Bret reveal the importance of travel in the training of scholars; Maxime Préaud, Anthony Turner and Denis Savoie demonstrate the role and importance of scientific objects in the search for knowledge, while Michèle Crogiez and Daniel Vaugelade focus on the particular case of the scientists in the de la Rochefoucauld family and their relationship with scholarly life.