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Book Science and Empires

    Book Details:
  • Author : P. Petitjean
  • Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
  • Release : 2012-12-06
  • ISBN : 9401125945
  • Pages : 419 pages

Download or read book Science and Empires written by P. Petitjean and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 419 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SCIENCE AND EMPIRES: FROM THE INTERNATIONAL COLLOQUIUM TO THE BOOK Patrick PETITJEAN, Catherine JAMI and Anne Marie MOULIN The International Colloquium "Science and Empires - Historical Studies about Scientific De velopment and European Expansion" is the product of an International Colloquium, "Sciences and Empires - A Comparative History of Scien tific Exchanges: European Expansion and Scientific Development in Asian, African, American and Oceanian Countries". Organized by the REHSEIS group (Research on Epistemology and History of Exact Sciences and Scientific Institutions) of CNRS (National Center for Scientific Research), the colloquium was held from 3 to 6 April 1990 in the UNESCO building in Paris. This colloquium was an idea of Professor Roshdi Rashed who initiated this field of studies in France some years ago, and proposed "Sciences and Empires" as one of the main research programmes for the The project to organize such a colloquium was a bit REHSEIS group. of a gamble. Its subject, reflected in the title "Sciences and Empires", is not a currently-accepted sub-discipline of the history of science; rather, it refers to a set of questions which found autonomy only recently. The terminology was strongly debated by the participants and, as is frequently suggested in this book, awaits fuller clarification.

Book The Measure of All Things

Download or read book The Measure of All Things written by Ken Alder and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-07-29 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In June 1792, amidst the chaos of the French Revolution, two intrepid astronomers set out in opposite directions on an extraordinary journey. Starting in Paris, Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Delambre would make his way north to Dunkirk, while Pierre-François-André Méchain voyaged south to Barcelona. Their mission was to measure the world, and their findings would help define the meter as one ten-millionth of the distance between the pole and the equator—a standard that would be used “for all people, for all time.” The Measure of All Things is the astonishing tale of one of history’s greatest scientific adventures. Yet behind the public triumph of the metric system lies a secret error, one that is perpetuated in every subsequent definition of the meter. As acclaimed historian and novelist Ken Alder discovered through his research, there were only two people on the planet who knew the full extent of this error: Delambre and Méchain themselves. By turns a science history, detective tale, and human drama, The Measure of All Things describes a quest that succeeded as it failed—and continues to enlighten and inspire to this day.

Book Information on the Metric System and Related Fields

Download or read book Information on the Metric System and Related Fields written by Ernst Lange and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Journal of the Royal Society of Arts

Download or read book Journal of the Royal Society of Arts written by Royal Society of Arts (Great Britain) and published by . This book was released on 1855 with total page 834 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book U S  Metric Study Interim Report  A history of the metric system controversy in the U S

Download or read book U S Metric Study Interim Report A history of the metric system controversy in the U S written by United States. National Bureau of Standards and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Report

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  • Author : Great Britain. Commissioners Appointed to Inquire into the Condition of the Exchequer (Now Board of Trade) Standards
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1869
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 1250 pages

Download or read book Report written by Great Britain. Commissioners Appointed to Inquire into the Condition of the Exchequer (Now Board of Trade) Standards and published by . This book was released on 1869 with total page 1250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Bulletin of the International Railway Congress Association

Download or read book Bulletin of the International Railway Congress Association written by International Railway Congress Association and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 2164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Bulletin of the International Railway Congress Association  English Edition

Download or read book Bulletin of the International Railway Congress Association English Edition written by International Railway Congress Association and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 2474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Reports from Commissioners

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  • Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1868
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 894 pages

Download or read book Reports from Commissioners written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons and published by . This book was released on 1868 with total page 894 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Bulletin of the International Railway Association

Download or read book Bulletin of the International Railway Association written by International Railway Association and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 2154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Proceedings

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  • Author : International Railway Congress Association
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1896
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 848 pages

Download or read book Proceedings written by International Railway Congress Association and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 848 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Annuaire de documentation coloniale compar  e

Download or read book Annuaire de documentation coloniale compar e written by and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Subject List of Works of Reference  Biography  Bibliography  the Auxiliary Historical Sciences  Etc   in the Library of the Patent Office

Download or read book Subject List of Works of Reference Biography Bibliography the Auxiliary Historical Sciences Etc in the Library of the Patent Office written by Great Britain. Patent Office. Library and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Janus

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  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1973
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 1070 pages

Download or read book Janus written by and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 1070 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Revue internationale de l'histoire des sciences, de la médecine, de la pharmacie et de la technique." (varies).

Book Introduction to metrics

Download or read book Introduction to metrics written by Viktor Maksimovic Žirmunskij and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2016-11-21 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: