Chapter VI. Scientists at War

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents viii
3. Abbreviations x
4. Introduction 1
5. Chapter I. Science and Politics under the Constituent Assembly 7
6. Chapter II. Education, Science, and Politics 101
7. Chapter III. The Museum of Natural History and the Academy of Science: Rise and Fall 165
8. Chapter IV. The Metric System 223
9. Chapter V. Science and the Terror 286
10. Chapter VI. Scientists at War 339
11. Chapter VII. Thermidorean Convention and Directory 445
12. Chapter VIII. Bonaparte and the Scientific Community 551
13. Chapter IX. Positivist Science 652
14. Acknowledgments 697
15. Bibliography 699
16. Index 717