TY - BOOK ID - 78403853 TI - Popular science and public opinion in eighteenth-century France PY - 2017 SN - 1526130459 9781526130457 9780719073731 0719073731 9780719073748 071907374X PB - [Place of publication not identified] DB - UniCat KW - Popularisierung. KW - Naturwissenschaften. KW - Science KW - Science and civilization. KW - Science. KW - Public opinion. KW - Public opinion KW - Science and civilization KW - Opinion, Public KW - Perception, Public KW - Popular opinion KW - Public perception KW - Public perceptions KW - Judgment KW - Social psychology KW - Attitude (Psychology) KW - Focus groups KW - Reputation KW - Natural science KW - Natural sciences KW - Science of science KW - Sciences KW - Civilization and science KW - History and science KW - Science and history KW - Science and society KW - Progress KW - History KW - 1700 - 1799 KW - Geschichte 1740-1789. KW - Frankreich. KW - France. KW - Bro-C'hall KW - Fa-kuo KW - Fa-lan-hsi KW - Faguo KW - Falanxi KW - Falanxi Gongheguo KW - Faransā KW - Farānsah KW - França KW - Francia (Republic) KW - Francija KW - Francja KW - Francland KW - Francuska KW - Franis KW - Franḳraykh KW - Frankreich KW - Frankrig KW - Frankrijk KW - Frankrike KW - Frankryk KW - Fransa KW - Fransa Respublikası KW - Franse KW - Franse Republiek KW - Frant︠s︡ KW - Frant︠s︡ Uls KW - Frant︠s︡ii︠a︡ KW - Frantsuzskai︠a︡ Rėspublika KW - Frantsyi︠a︡ KW - Franza KW - French Republic KW - Frencisc Cynewīse KW - Frenska republika KW - Furansu KW - Furansu Kyōwakoku KW - Gallia KW - Gallia (Republic) KW - Gallikē Dēmokratia KW - Hyãsia KW - Parancis KW - Peurancih KW - Phransiya KW - Pransiya KW - Pransya KW - Prantsusmaa KW - Pʻŭrangsŭ KW - Ranska KW - República Francesa KW - Republica Franzesa KW - Republika Francuska KW - Republiḳah ha-Tsarfatit KW - Republikang Pranses KW - République française KW - Tsarfat KW - Tsorfat KW - Γαλλική Δημοκρατία KW - Γαλλία KW - Франц KW - Франц Улс KW - Французская Рэспубліка KW - Францыя KW - Франция KW - Френска република KW - פראנקרייך KW - צרפת KW - רפובליקה הצרפתית KW - فرانسه KW - فرنسا KW - フランス KW - フランス共和国 KW - 法国 KW - 法蘭西 KW - 法蘭西共和國 KW - 프랑스 KW - France (Provisional government, 1944-1946) KW - Naturforschung KW - Naturlehre KW - Naturwissenschaft KW - Wissenschaft KW - Naturwissenschaftler KW - Farans KW - Frant͡ KW - Frant͡s Uls KW - Frant͡sii͡ KW - Frantsuzskai͡a Rėspublika KW - Frantsyi͡ KW - Pʻŭrangs KW - France KW - La France KW - République Française KW - Französische Republik KW - Empire Français KW - Royaume Français KW - Fränkische Republik KW - Ṣārfat KW - Repubblica Francese KW - Franzosen KW - advertisements. KW - audience. KW - course descriptions. KW - economics. KW - eighteenth-century France. KW - geography. KW - popular science. KW - popularizers. KW - public lectures. KW - public opinion. KW - theatrics. KW - urban scientific culture. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78403853 AB - In this book, Michael R. Lynn analyses the popularisation of science in Enlightenment France. He examines the content of popular science, the methods of dissemination, the status of the popularisers and the audience, and the settings for dissemination and appropriation. Lynn introduces individuals like Jean-Antoine Nollet, who made a career out of applying electric shocks to people, and Perrin, who used his talented dog to lure customers to his physics show. He also examines scientifically oriented clubs like Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier's Musée de Monsieur which provided locations for people interested in science. Phenomena such as divining rods, used to find water and ores as well as to solve crimes; and balloons, the most spectacular of all types of popular science, demonstrate how people made use of their new knowledge.Lynn's study provides a clearer understanding of the role played by science in the Republic of Letters and the participation of the general population in the formation of public opinion on scientific matters. ER -