Thesis ID: CBB001564322

Maupertuis and 18th-century scientific culture (1987)

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Terrall, Mary (Author)


University of California, Los Angeles
Wise, M. Norton


Publication Date: 1987
Edition Details: Chair: M. Norton Wise
Physical Details: 290 pp.

Description Cited in Diss. Abstr. Int. A 49 (1988): 331. Univ. Microfilms order no. 88-03642.


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Authors & Contributors
Storni, Marco
Downing, Lisa
Zammito, John H.
Wolfe, Charles T.
Valentin, Michel
Thiele, Rüdiger
Concepts
Mechanics
Variational principles
Embryology
Philosophy of science
Gravitation
Properties of matter
Time Periods
18th century
17th century
Enlightenment
Places
France
Berlin (Germany)
Paris (France)
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