Communicating physics : the production, circulation and appropriation of Ganot's textbooks in France and England, 1851-1887 /

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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Simon, Josep
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2016]
Colección:Science and culture in the nineteenth century ; no. 13.
Temas:
Ganot, A. > (Adolphe), > 1804-1887 > Influence.
Ganot, A. > (Adolphe), > 1804-1887
1800-1899
Physics > France > History > 19th century.
Physics > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Physics > Study and teaching (Secondary) > France > History > 19th century.
Physics > Study and teaching (Secondary) > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Physique > France > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Physique > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Physique > Étude et enseignement (Secondaire) > France > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Physique > Étude et enseignement (Secondaire) > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Physics.
Physics > Study and teaching (Secondary)
France.
Great Britain.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Textbooks and the culture of physics
  • Physics in the marketplace : textbooks and the making of knowledge in nineteenth-century France and England
  • Ganot and Atkinson : a comparative biography of the practice of physics
  • Ganot's Physique
  • The international book trade and the making of sceintific knowledge
  • Atkinson's Physics
  • Readers and readings
  • Conclusion.

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