Les éclats du rire : la culture des rieurs au XVIIIe siècle
Livre imprimé - Baecque Antoine de, 2000
"The book's outstanding feature is the author's encyclopedic knowledge and erudite treatment of relevant historical and philosophical works, travel literature, and geographic literature. . . . [T]here is no denying the extremely original, valuable and challenging nature of this work."--Tim Murphy, European Legacy
Livre imprimé - Centre d'étude d'histoire de la médecine, 2005
Les Vérités de la science : pratique, récit, histoire : le cas Pasteur
Livre imprimé - Cadeddu Antonio, 2005
Most of the literature concerning Louis Pasteur is fundamentally hagiographic, distorted by myths and based on scientists’ uncritical accounts exalting his genius. Here...
An inquiry into the human mind on the principles of common sense : a critical edition
Livre imprimé - Reid Thomas, Brookes Derek R., 2003
The volume contains an editor preface presenting the rasion d'être for the edition followed by an introduction giving the central argument of the Inquiry by means of an...
Shaping science with rhetoric : the cases of Dobzhansky, Schrödinger, and Wilson
Livre imprimé - Ceccarelli Leah, 2001
The Arabic Hermes : from pagan sage to prophet of science
Livre imprimé - Bladel Kevin Thomas van, 2009
This is the first major study devoted to the early Arabic reception and adaption of the figure of Hermes Trismegistus, the legendary Egyptian sage to whom were ascribed...