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Georges Cuvier: Vocation, Science, and Authority in Post-Revolutionary France

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Georges Cuvier: Vocation, Science, and Authority in Post-Revolutionary France

Georges Cuvier: Vocation, Science, and Authority in Post-Revolutionary France by Dorinda Outram
English | 1984 | ISBN: 0719010772 | 320 Pages | PDF | 11.7 MB

Georges Cuvier was one of the most influential figures in science during the early nineteenth century. A self-appointed referee of proper science from his stronghold in the elite Académie des Sciences, Cuvier was as successful in creating his own image as a great man of science as he was in the many areas of science he studied.