Science in the Provinces : Scientific Communities and Provincial Leadership in France, 1860–1930 / Mary Jo Nye.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nye, Mary Jo, Author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (352 p.)

Edition:

Reprint 2020

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2020]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1986.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

INTRODUCTION: THE PARIS-PROVINCES DICHOTOMY

1. FRENCH UNIVERSITY SCIENCE BEFORE THE FIRST WORLD WAR

2. NANCY: THE GERMAN CONNECTION, SCIENTIFIC RIVALRY, AND N-RAYS

3. GRENOBLE: FROM RAOULT'S PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY TO INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC CENTER

4. TOULOUSE: POLITICS, ENTREPRENEURSHIP, AND SABATIER'S CHEMISTRY PROGRAM

5. LYON: APPLIED CHEMISTRY, VICTOR GRIGNARD, AND THE EXPERIENCE OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR

6. BORDEAUX: CATHOLICISM, CONSERVATISM, AND THE INFLUENCE OF PIERRE DUHEM

7. CONCLUSION: THE CHARACTER AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF FRENCH PROVINCIAL SCIENCE

ABBREVIATIONS

NOTES

GLOSSARY

INDEX

Notes:

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ISBN:

0-520-31262-7

OCLC:

1229161853