Buffon : a life in natural history / by Jacques Roger ; translated by Sarah Lucille Bonnefoi ; edite...
Buffon : a life in natural history / by Jacques Roger ; translated by Sarah Lucille Bonnefoi ; edite...
Buffon : a life in natural history / by Jacques Roger ; translated by Sarah Lucille Bonnefoi ; edited by L. Pearce Williams.
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Publisher
Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 1997.
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Date
1997.
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T0393798
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Language
English
French
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Physical content
xvii, 492 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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Publisher
Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 1997.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
1997.
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Summary
After Buffon's death, however, his importance as a scientist was denigrated, and little information about him has been available in English. This biography, the life work of Jacques Roger, finally gives Buffon his due. Roger transforms Buffon's image from that of a somewhat incoherent courtly naturalist into one of a major philosophical and scienti...
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Buffon : a life in natural history / by Jacques Roger ; translated by Sarah Lucille Bonnefoi ; edited by L. Pearce Williams.
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Cornell history of science series.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 471-482) and index.
Transferred from N570.92/B929/1.
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T0393798
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74VvPyxmPN0d
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ISBN
0801429188 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780801429187 (cloth : alk. paper)
DDC
570.92
MMS ID
991005717949702626
