The Man Who Flattened the Earth
Maupertuis and the Sciences in the Enlightenment
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Word Count
117,000 words, Guess
Page Count
468 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- ISBN-100226793605
- ISBN-139780226793603
- Goodreads1609017
- LibraryThing1429225
- Library of Congress Control Number2002006778
and 3 more
- OCLC Control Number49719072
- Better World Books9780226793603
- Open LibraryOL9366269M
Classifications
- LCCQ143.M28T47 2002
- LCCQ143.M28 T47 2002
First Sentence
IN 1739, AT THE PEAK OF HIS SCIENTIFIC CAREER, Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis sat for his portrait (see frontispiece).
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