Article ID: CBB000081940

Neue Dimensionen wissenschaftlicher Reisen im 18. Jahrhundert: Maupertuis' Lapplandexpedition (1999)

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Description Discusses all aspects of this expedition, known principally for its attempt to determine the figure of the earth.


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Authors & Contributors
Terrall, Mary
Prunea-Bretonnet, Tinca
Downing, Lisa
Zinsser, Judith P.
Zammito, John H.
Wolfe, Charles T.
Concepts
Mechanics
Variational principles
Science
Philosophy
Mathematics
Properties of matter
Time Periods
18th century
17th century
Places
France
Institutions
Deutsche Akademie der Wissenschaften, Berlin
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