Difference between revisions of "Mary Terrall"

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Latest revision as of 14:03, 30 July 2017

Mary Terrall (born 10 April 1952) is a historian of science notable for her work on Maupertuis and enlightenment sciences.


Publications

Here are the works of Terrall included in the bibliographic records of this encyclopedia:

  • Terrall (2002): Terrall, Mary. (2002) The Man Who Flattened the Earth: Maupertuis and the Sciences in the Enlightenment. University of Chicago Press.
  • Terrall (1992): Terrall, Mary. (1992) Representing the Earth's Shape: The Polemics Surrounding Maupertuis's Expedition to Lapland. Isis 83 (2), 218-237.

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