Book ID: CBB000430179

Lectures on Physical Geography Given in 1775 by Horace-Bénédict de Saussure at the Academy of Geneva (2003)

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Saussure, Horace Bénédict de (Author)
Carozzi, Albert V. (Editor)
Newman, John Kevin (Editor)


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Publication Date: 2003
Edition Details: French title: [Cours de géographie physique donné en 1775 par Horace-Bénédict de Saussure à l'Académie de Genève]
Physical Details: xxi + 527 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index
Language: EnglishFrench

Description Includes a chapter providing historical context of the academy, Saussure, and one of his students. In English, French, and Latin.


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Review Rudwick, Martin (2004) Review of "Lectures on Physical Geography Given in 1775 by Horace-Bénédict de Saussure at the Academy of Geneva". British Journal for the History of Science (p. 206). unapi

Review Cadeé, Gerhard C. (2004) Review of "Lectures on Physical Geography Given in 1775 by Horace-Bénédict de Saussure at the Academy of Geneva". Archives of Natural History (p. 184). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Carozzi, Albert V.
Taylor, Kenneth L.
Newman, John Kevin
Cooper, Andrew
Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen
Vitte, Antonio Carlos
Journals
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Revue d'Histoire des Sciences
Revue d'Histoire des Mathématiques
Journal of Geoscience Education
História, Ciências, Saúde---Manguinhos
Earth Sciences History: Journal of the History of the Earth Sciences Society
Publishers
French National Museum Natural History
Wallstein Verlag
Routledge
Franz Steiner Verlag
Edizioni Pendragon
Editions Passé Présent
Concepts
Physiography; physical geography
Lectures
Primary literature (historical sources)
Earth sciences
Collected correspondence
Collected works
People
Saussure, Horace Bénédict de
Kant, Immanuel
Hutton, James
Schleiden, Matthias Jakob
Winterschmidt, Georg
Schelling, Karl Eberhard
Time Periods
18th century
19th century
20th century, early
17th century
16th century
15th century
Places
France
Italy
Germany
Finland
Institutions
Académie Royale des Sciences (France)
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