The Man Who Flattened the Earth: Maupertuis and the Sciences in the Enlightenment

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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.

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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.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 468
Edition: New edition
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 30 Jun 2006
ISBN 10: 0226793613
ISBN 13: 9780226793610