Book ID: CBB001220119

The Information Master: Jean-Baptiste Colbert's Secret State Intelligence System (2009)

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Soll, Jacob (Author)


University of Michigan Press


Publication Date: 2009
Physical Details: xi + 277 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index
Language: English

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Review Dew, Nicholas (2011) Review of "The Information Master: Jean-Baptiste Colbert's Secret State Intelligence System". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences. unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Ben S. Trotter
Rule, John C.
Smith, Neil
Scholler, Dietrich
Schneider, Pablo
Schewe, Phillip F.
Concepts
Science and government
Science and politics
Biographies
Encyclopedias (history)
Science
Science and society
Time Periods
17th century
20th century, early
20th century
20th century, late
19th century
18th century
Places
France
United States
Russia
England
Italy
Soviet Union
Institutions
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC)
Académie Royale des Sciences (France)
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (France)
Académie des Sciences, Paris
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