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The man who flattened the earth Maupertuis and the sciences in the enlightenment /

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Main Author:	Terrall, Mary
Corporate Author:	ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2002.
Subjects:	Maupertuis, > 1698-1759. Scientists > France > Biography. Electronic books.
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