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Communicating physics : the production, circulation and appropriation of Ganot's textbooks in France and England, 1851-1887 /
The textbooks written by Adolphe Ganot played a major role in shaping the way physics was taught in schools. Simon''s Franco-British case study looks at the role of two of Ganot''s books. The study is novel for its international comparison of 19th-century physics and for its emph...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Pittsburgh, Pa. :
University of Pittsburgh Press,
[2016]
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| Colección: | Science and culture in the nineteenth century ;
no. 13. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The textbooks written by Adolphe Ganot played a major role in shaping the way physics was taught in schools. Simon''s Franco-British case study looks at the role of two of Ganot''s books. The study is novel for its international comparison of 19th-century physics and for its emphasis on the communication of science rather than on the science itself. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource. |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-296) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780822981688 0822981688 |