Author: Nye, Mary Jo
Title: Science in the Provinces : Scientific Communities & Provincial Leadership in France, 1860 - 1930
Description: Berkeley, Univ. of California Press, (1986). orig.cloth. 23x15cm, xi, 328,(8) pp. 8pp photo illustrations. Some soil to top-page-edge, VG. dustwrapper ¶ Contents: Introduction: The Paris - Provinces Dichotomy: French University Science before the First World War; Nancy: German Connection, Scientific Rivalry, and N-Rays; Grenoble: From Raoult's Physical Chemistry to International Scientific Center; Toulouse: Politics, Entrepreneurship, and Sabatier's Chemistry Program; Lyon: Applied Chemistry, Victor Grignard, and the Experience of the First World War; Bordeaux: Catholicism, Conservatism, and the Influence of Pierre Duhem; Conclusion: The Character & Achievements of French Provincial Science.

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