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Making Science Social - The Conferences of Théophraste Renaudot, 1633–1642 (Hardcover) Loot Price: R805
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Making Science Social - The Conferences of Théophraste Renaudot, 1633–1642 (Hardcover): Kathleen Wellman

Making Science Social - The Conferences of Théophraste Renaudot, 1633–1642 (Hardcover)

Kathleen Wellman

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Between 1633 and 1642, the French physician and philanthropist Theophraste Renaudot sponsored a series of public conferences in Paris. These conferences offered an open forum for wide-ranging discussions of a variety of topics, including science, medicine, gender, politics, and ethics. No matter the topic, participants consistently used scientific reasoning as a new standard of evidence. The conferences thus recast the rhetorical traditions of the Renaissance and prefigured the social sciences of the Enlightenment. They provide a candid snapshot of intellectual life at the dawn of the scientific revolution in France.

In "Making Science Social," Kathleen Wellman uses the published conference proceedings to develop a broadly conceived, revisionist interpretation of the intellectual history of seventeenth-century France and of the roots of modern culture and science.

"Volume 6 in the Series for Science and Culture"

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Imprint: University of Oklahoma Press
Country of origin: United States
Release date: May 2003
First published: May 2003
Authors: Kathleen Wellman
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 35mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 480
ISBN-13: 978-0-8061-3502-1
Categories: Books > Humanities > History > General
Books > History > General
LSN: 0-8061-3502-6
Barcode: 9780806135021

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