From Knowledge to Power
Subtitle: The Rise of the Science Empire in France, 18601939
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: November 13, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 425
ISBN-13: 9780521525244
Subjects: History of science; Science; Science/Mathematics; History; Science / History; Science--France--History
First sentence: IN spite of the "rise of the bourgeoisie" - a universal constant in Western history whose explanatory power is exceeded only by the formula "It began with the Greeks:" - France was a peasant country in 1870.