The Man Who Flattened The Earth: Maupertuis And The Sciences In The Enlightenment
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This book offers an elegant and accessible portrait of Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis (1698-1759). Mary Terrall uses the story of Maupertuis's life, self-fashioning, and scientific works to explore what it meant to do science and to be a man of science in eighteenth-century Europe. Hardback book in very good condition. Very minor bump to top of spine. Dust jacket in very good condition. Very minor bump to top of spine and some shelf wear to top edge of the jacket. Light scratches on front and back of jacket.
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