Variorum Collected Studies
1 total work
CS 489
Science, Industry and the Social Order in Post-revolutionary France
by Robert Fox
Published 1 June 1995
The essays in this volume focus on the public, rather than the private, face of science, focusing on the interrelated activities of education, popularization and the exploration of scientific and technical knowledge in industry. They span the 18th and 19th centuries, and up until 1914.