TY  - BOOK
AU  - Brown,Harcourt
TI  - Science and the Human Comedy: Natural Philosophy in French Literature from Rabelais to Maupertuis
T2  - University of Toronto Romance Series
SN  - 9781442632608
AV  - PQ142 .B769 1976 
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Toronto
PB  - University of Toronto Press
KW  - French literature-History and criticism
KW  - Literature and science
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - 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
N2  - 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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ER  -