Book ID: CBB000302339

Volta: Science and Culture in the Age of Enlightenment (2003)

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Pancaldi, Giuliano (Author)


Princeton University Press
Publication date: 2003
Language: English


Publication Date: 2003
Physical Details: xv + 381 pp., illus., map, bib., index

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Authors & Contributors
Bevilacqua, Fabio
Fregonese, Lucio
Piccolino, Marco
Bensaude-Vincent, Bernadette
Bertucci, Paola
Blondel, Christine
Journals
Journal of the History of the Neurosciences
Annals of Science: The History of Science and Technology
Endeavour: Review of the Progress of Science
History of Science
Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences
Nuncius: Annali di Storia della Scienza
Publishers
Università degli Studi
Princeton University
Ashgate
Carocci Editore
Columbia University Press
Università degli Studi di Pavia
Concepts
Electricity; magnetism
Physics
Science and society
Controversies and disputes
Chemistry
Medicine
People
Volta, Alessandro
Galvani, Luigi
Aron, Hermann
Avogadro, Amedeo
Bianchini, Francesco
Blagden, Sir Charles
Time Periods
18th century
19th century
Enlightenment
Places
Italy
Europe
Paris (France)
France
Germany
South America
Institutions
Freie Universität Berlin
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