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9781576078860

Science in the Enlightenment

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    9781576078860

  • ISBN10:

    1576078868

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2003-11-01
  • Publisher: Abc-Clio Inc

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The first introductory A-Z resource on the dynamic achievements in science from the late 1600s to 1820, including the great minds behind the developments and science's new cultural role.

Table of Contents

Foreword xi
Preface and Acknowledgment xiii
Topic Finder xxv
Science in the Enlightenment: An Encyclopedia
A
Academies and Scientific Societies
1(2)
Agriculture
3(2)
Alembert, Jean Le Rond d' (1717-1783)
5(1)
American Philosophical Society
6(1)
Ampere Andre-Marie (1775-1836)
7(1)
Anatomy
8(1)
Arcueil, Society of
9(1)
Astronomy
10(2)
Atomism
12(1)
Avogadro, Amedeo (1776-1856)
13(2)
B
Ballooning
15(1)
Banks, Sir Joseph (1743-1820)
16(1)
Bartram Family
17(1)
Bassi, Laure Maria Catarina (1711-1778)
18(1)
Beddoes, Thomas (1760-1808)
19(1)
Berlin Academy
20(2)
Bernoulli Family
22(1)
Berthollet, Claude-Louis (1748-1822)
23(1)
Berzelius, Jons Jakob (1779-1848)
24(2)
Bichat, Marie-Francois-Xavier (1771-1802)
26(1)
Black, Joseph (1728-1799)
27(2)
Blumenbach, Johann Friedrich (1752-1840)
29(1)
Boerhaave, Hermann (1668-1738)
30(1)
Bologna Academy of Sciences
31(1)
Bonnet, Charles (1720-1793)
32(1)
Boscovich, Ruggiero Giuseppe (1711-1787)
33(1)
Botanical Gardens
34(2)
Botany
36(2)
Bottger, Johann Friedrich (1682-1719)
38(1)
Bradley, James (1693-1762)
39(1)
Brown, Robert (1773-1858)
39(2)
Brunonianism
41(1)
Buffon, Georges-Louis Leclere de (1707-1788)
41(4)
C
Calorimeters
45(1)
Cartesianism
46(1)
Cassini Family
47(2)
Cavendish, Henry (1731-1810)
49(2)
Chatelet, Gabrielle-Emilie du (1706-1749)
51(1)
Chemical Nomenclature
52(2)
Chemistry
54(3)
Cheyne, George (1671-1743)
57(1)
Colonial Science
57(3)
Comets
60(1)
Condillac, Etienne Bonnot de (1715-1780)
61(1)
Condorcet, Marie-Jean-Antoine-Nicolas Caritat, Marquis de (1743-1794)
62(1)
Cook, James (1728-1779)
63(1)
Coudray, Angelique Marguerite Le Boursier du (c. 1714-1794)
64(1)
Coulomb, Charles-Augustin de (1736-1806)
65(1)
Crell, Lorenz Florens Friedrich von (1744-1816)
66(1)
Cuvier, Georges (1769-1832)
66(5)
D
Dalton, John (1766-1844)
71(2)
Darwin, Erasmus (1731-1802)
73(1)
Davy, Sir Humphry (1778-1829)
74(2)
Derby Philosophical Society
76(1)
Desaguliers, John Theophilus (1683-1744)
76(1)
Diderot, Denis (1713-1784)
77(4)
E
Earthquakes
81(1)
Education
82(1)
Egyptian Expedition
83(2)
Electricity
85(3)
Embryology
88(2)
Encyclopedias
90(2)
The Enlightenment
92(3)
Euler, Leonhard (1707-1783)
95(1)
Exploration, Discovery, and Colonization
96(5)
F
Fossils
101(1)
Franklin, Benjamin (1706-1790)
102(2)
Freemasonry
104(1)
French Revolution
105(2)
G
Galvani, Luigi (1737-1798)
107(1)
Gauss, Carl Friedrich (1777-1855)
108(1)
Gay-Lussac, Joseph-Louis (1778-1850)
109(2)
Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, Etienne (1772-1844)
111(1)
Geology
112(3)
Germain, Sophie (1776-1831)
115(1)
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von (1749-1832)
116(3)
H
Hales, Stephen (1677-1761)
119(1)
Haller, Albrecht von (1708-1777)
120(1)
Hauksbee, Francis (c. 1666-1713)
121(1)
Heat
122(1)
Herschel Family
123(2)
Hospitals
125(2)
Humboldt, Alexander von (1769-1859)
127(2)
Hunter Family
129(1)
Hutchinsonianism
130(1)
Hutton, James (1726-1797)
131(2)
Hygrometers
133(2)
I
Illustration
135(3)
Imperial Academy of Sciences of St. Petersburg
138(1)
Industrialization
139(2)
Instrument Making
141(4)
J
Japan, Western Science in
145(1)
Jewish Culture
146(3)
K
Kant, Immanuel (1724-1804)
149(1)
Kew Gardens
150(1)
Klaproth, Martin Heinrich (1743-1817)
151(2)
L
La Mettrie, Julien Offroy de (1709-1751)
153(1)
Lagrange, Joseph-Louis (1736-1813)
154(1)
Lamarck, Jean-Baptiste-Pierre-Antoine de Monet de (1744-1829)
155(2)
Laplace, Pierre-Simon de (1749-1827)
157(3)
Lavoisier, Antoine-Laurent (1743-1794)
160(3)
Leiden Jars
163(1)
Lewis and Clark Expedition
164(1)
Lichtenberg, Georg Christoph (1742-1799)
165(1)
Lightning Rods
166(1)
Linnaeus, Carolus (1707-1778)
167(3)
Linnean Society
170(1)
Literature
171(1)
Lomonosov, Mikhail Vasilyevich (1711-1765)
172(1)
Longitude Problem
173(2)
Lunar Society of Birmingham
175(2)
M
Macquer, Pierre Joseph (1718-1784)
177(1)
Madness
178(1)
Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society
179(1)
Marggraf, Andreas Sigismund (1709-1782)
180(1)
Maselyne, Nevil (1732-1811)
181(1)
Masturbation
182(1)
Materialism
183(1)
Mathematics
184(3)
Maupertuis, Pierre-Louis Moreau de (1698-1759)
187(1)
Mayer, Johann Tobias (1723-1762)
188(1)
Mechanics
189(2)
Medicine
191(3)
Mesmerism and Animal Magnetism
194(1)
Meteorology
195(2)
Meteors and Meteorites
197(1)
Metric System
198(2)
Michaux Family
200(1)
Microscopes
201(1)
Midwives
202(1)
Museum of Natural History (Paris)
203(1)
Museums
204(3)
N
Napoleonic Science
207(2)
Nationalism
209(2)
Natural Theology
211(1)
Naturphilosophie
212(2)
Newtonianism
214(1)
Nollet, Jean-Antoine (1700-1770)
215(2)
O
Observatories
217(1)
Oceanography
218(1)
Optics
219(1)
Ørsted, Hans Christian (1777-1851)
220(3)
P
Periodicals
223(2)
Phlogiston
225(1)
Physics
226(2)
Physiology
228(2)
Plant Physiology
230(1)
Poliniere, Pierre (1671-1734)
231(1)
Polyps
232(1)
Popularization
233(1)
Priestley, Joseph (1733-1804)
234(3)
Probability
237(2)
Psychology
239(2)
R
Race
241(2)
Rain Gauges
243(1)
Reil, Johann Christian (1759-1813)
243(1)
Religion
244(2)
Ritter, Johann Wilhelm (1776-1810)
246(1)
Romanticism
247(2)
Royal Academy of Sciences
249(3)
Royal Botanical Expedition (Spain)
252(1)
Royal Society
253(2)
Royal Society of Edinburgh
255(1)
Royal Society of Medicine (France)
256(1)
Royal Swedish Academy of Science
257(2)
S
Scheele, Carl Wilhelm (1742-1786)
259(1)
Sexual Difference
260(2)
Sloane, Sir Hans (1660-1753)
262(1)
Smallpox Inoculation
263(2)
Spallanzani, Lazzaro (1729-1799)
265(2)
Stahl, Georg Ernst (1660-1734)
267(1)
Surgeons and Surgery
268(3)
T
Technology and Engineering
271(3)
Telescopes
274(1)
Thermometers
275(1)
Thompson, Benjamin (Count Rumford) (1753-1814)
276(2)
Toft Case
278(1)
Transits
279(2)
U
Universities
281(2)
University of Edinburgh
283(2)
University of Halle
285(1)
University of Leiden
285(2)
V
Vitalism
287(1)
Volcanoes
288(1)
Volta, Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio (1745-1827)
289(2)
Voltaire (1694-1778)
291(2)
W
War
293(2)
Werner, Abraham Gottlob (1750-1817)
295(1)
Whiston, William (1667-1752)
296(1)
Wolff, Christian (1679-1754)
297(1)
Women
297(4)
Z
Zoology
301(4)
Chronology 305(10)
Bibliography 315(10)
Useful Web Sites 325(2)
Index 327(28)
About the Author 355

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