Science under Control
Subtitle: The French Academy of Sciences 17951914
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: June 20, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 474
ISBN-13: 9780521524759
Subjects: History Of Science; Science; Science/Mathematics; History; Acadaemie royale des sciences (France)--Histo; Acadâemie royale des sciences (France)--History; Science / History; Technology / General; General
First sentence: I must...acknowledge that literature, which formerly held the first degree in the scale of the moral riches of this nation, is likely to decline in priority and influence.