Science and polity in France the revolutionary and Napoleonic years.

From the 1770s through the 1820s the French scientific community predominated in the world to a degree that no other scientific establishment did in any period prior to the Second World War. In his classic Science and Polity in France: The End of the Old Regime, Charles Gillispie analyzed the cultur...

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Main Author Gillispie, Charles Coulston
Format eBook Book
LanguageEnglish
Published Princeton Princeton University Press 2014
Edition1
Subjects
Europe
France
History
History of Science & Technology
SCIENCE
Science > France > History
SCIENCE / History
Science and state
Science and state > France
France
Online AccessGet full text
ISBN0691115419
9780691118499
0691118493
9780691115412
9781400865314
140086531X
DOI10.1515/9781400865314

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Table of Contents:
  • Science and polity in france: the revolutionary and napoleonic years -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Chapter I: Science and Politics under the Constituent Assembly -- Chapter II: Education, Science, and Politics -- Chapter III: The Museum of Natural History and the Academy of Science: Rise and Fall -- Chapter IV: The Metric System -- Chapter V: Science and the Terror -- Chapter VI: Scientists at War -- Chapter VII: Thermidorean Convention and Directory -- Chapter VIII: Bonaparte and the Scientific Community -- Chapter IX: Positivist Science -- Acknowledgments -- Bibliography -- Index
  • Front Matter Table of Contents ABBREVIATIONS INTRODUCTION CHAPTER I: Science and Politics under the Constituent Assembly CHAPTER II: Education, Science, and Politics CHAPTER III: The Museum of Natural History and the Academy of Science: CHAPTER IV: The Metric System CHAPTER V: Science and the Terror CHAPTER VI: Scientists at War CHAPTER VII: Thermidorean Convention and Directory CHAPTER VIII: Bonaparte and the Scientific Community CHAPTER IX: Positivist Science ACKNOWLEDGMENTS BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX
  • Index Bibliography Acknowledgments 9. Positivist Science 8. Bonaparte and the Scientific Community 7. Thermidorean Convention and Directory 6. Scientists at War 5. Science and the Terror 4. The Metric System 3. The Museum of Natural History and the Academy of Science: Rise and Fall 2. Education, Science, and Politics 1. Science and Politics under the Constituent Assembly Introduction Abbreviations Cover Title page, Copyright Contents
  • 4. The École Normale de l'an III -- 5. The École Polytechnique -- 6. The École de Santé and Clinical Medicine -- CHAPTER VIII. Bonaparte and the Scientific Community -- 1. Monge in Italy, 1796-1798 -- 2. The Egyptian Expedition -- 3. The Idéologues and 18 Brumaire -- 4. The Consulate, 1799-1804 -- 5. Napoleon and Science -- CHAPTER IX. Positivist Science -- 1. Discipline Formation -- 2. Comparative Anatomy -- 3. Experimental Physiology -- 4. Mathematical Physics -- 5. Conclusion -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Y
  • COVER -- CONTENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- Introduction -- CHAPTER I. Science and Politics under the Constituent Assembly -- 1. Science and Politics in 1789 -- 2. Bailly and the Constituent Assembly -- 3. Lavoisier and the Arsenal -- 4. Vicq d'Azyr and the Reform of Medicine -- 5. Condorcet and Truth in Politics -- 6. Condorcet, Bailly, and the Governance of Paris -- 7. Political Economy -- 8. Varennes and the Champ-de-Mars -- CHAPTER II. Education, Science, and Politics -- 1. Scientists in the Legislative Assembly -- 2. The Condorcet Plan for National Education -- 3. Talleyrand's Educational Proposal -- 4. The Educational Legacy of the Old Regime -- 5. The Political Setting -- 6. The Convention -- 7. Education and Science -- CHAPTER III. The Museum of Natural History and the Academy of Science: Rise and Fall -- 1. Natural History and Theoretical Science -- 2. The Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle -- 3. The Academy of Science in the Revolutionary Climate -- 4. Artisans and Inventors -- 5. The Last Year of the Academy -- CHAPTER IV. The Metric System -- 1. Background -- 2. Proposals -- 3. Methods and Instruments -- 4. Operations in the Field -- 5. The Provisional Meter -- CHAPTER V. Science and the Terror -- 1. Terror and Expropriation -- 2. The Republican Calendar -- 3. The Observatory of Paris -- 4. The Collège de France -- 5. Individual Destinies -- 6. The Calvary of Condorcet -- CHAPTER VI. Scientists at War -- 1. The Monge Connection -- 2. Weaponry -- 3. The Mobilization of Scientists -- 4. Munitions and Guns -- 5. Inventions -- 6. Natural History and Conquest -- 7. Effects of Wartime: Science and the State -- CHAPTER VII. Thermidorean Convention and Directory -- 1. Institutionalization of French Science, 1794-1804 -- 2. Institut de France, Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, and Bureau des Longitudes -- 3. Completion of the Metric System
  • Science and politics under the constituent assembly -- Education, science, and politics -- The Museum of Natural History and the Academy of Science : rise and fall -- The metric system -- Science and the terror -- Scientists at war -- Thermidorean convention and directory -- Bonaparte and the scientific community -- Positivist science.
  • Acknowledgments --
  • Contents --
  • Abbreviations --
  • Chapter V. Science and the Terror --
  • Chapter IX. Positivist Science --
  • Chapter III. The Museum of Natural History and the Academy of Science: Rise and Fall --
  • Index
  • Chapter VI. Scientists at War --
  • Chapter VIII. Bonaparte and the Scientific Community --
  • Chapter I. Science and Politics under the Constituent Assembly --
  • Chapter VII. Thermidorean Convention and Directory --
  • Chapter IV. The Metric System --
  • Chapter II. Education, Science, and Politics --
  • Frontmatter --
  • Introduction --
  • Bibliography --