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Science and the Human Comedy : Natural Philosophy in French Literature from Rabelais to Maupertuis.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: University of Toronto Romance SeriesPublisher: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 2014Copyright date: ©1976Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (245 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781442632608
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Science and the Human ComedyLOC classification:
  • PQ142 .B769 1976
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Introduction -- 1 Science and the artifact -- 2 Pantagruel and health -- 3 Science and the Pensées of Pascal -- 4 History, science, and the Journal des sçavans -- 5 'Les gens de maintenant' -- 6 Science and the human comedy: Voltaire -- 7 Voltaire and British science -- 8 From London to Lapland and Berlin -- 9 'L'homme ... tel qu'il est' -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.
Summary: The developments of the attitudes and aspirations of French scientists between the Renaissance and the Revolution and the impact of these new outlooks on French literature form the theme of this book by an authority in the interdisciplinary treatment of science and literature.
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Cover -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Introduction -- 1 Science and the artifact -- 2 Pantagruel and health -- 3 Science and the Pensées of Pascal -- 4 History, science, and the Journal des sçavans -- 5 'Les gens de maintenant' -- 6 Science and the human comedy: Voltaire -- 7 Voltaire and British science -- 8 From London to Lapland and Berlin -- 9 'L'homme ... tel qu'il est' -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.

The developments of the attitudes and aspirations of French scientists between the Renaissance and the Revolution and the impact of these new outlooks on French literature form the theme of this book by an authority in the interdisciplinary treatment of science and literature.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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