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Auguste Comte: Volume 1: An Intellectual Biography (Auguste Comte Intellectual Biography)
by Mary Pickering
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with references to "Ecole Polytechnique".
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... In 1813, after taking all the courses offered by the lycée, he passed the admissions exam- ination for the Ecole Polytechnique, but at fifteen he was too young to attend. Instead, he was given permission to pursue special courses in mathematics ... "
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Auguste Comte, Ecole Polytechnique, Caroline Massin, Louis Comte, Rosalie Boyer, Alix Comte, fundamental opuscule, first opuscule, fifth opuscule, positiviste internationale, crise cérébrale, fourth cahier
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Convolutions in French Mathematics, 1800-1840: From the Calculus and Mechanics to Mathematical Analysis and Mathematical Physics. Vol. 2: The Turns (Science Networks. Historical Studies) (v. 2)
by Ivor Grattan-Guinness
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with references to "Ecole Polytechnique".
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... Upon returning to France in 1802 after the failure of the campaign, Fourier re- sumed his teaching at the Ecole Polytechnique for a short time (Fourcy 1828a, 272); but Bonaparte could not see such administrative talent wasted on mere ... "
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Ecole Polytechnique, Ferrusac's Bulletin, Arago's Annales, Ecole des Ponts, Cauchy's Cours, Bureau des Longitudes, biaxal crystals, forces vives, heat theory, superposed fluids, electrodynamic action, invariable plane
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Gay-Lussac: Scientist and Bourgeois
by Maurice P. Crosland
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with references to "Ecole Polytechnique".
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... helped to establish several major institutions of higher education, notably the Ecole Polytechnique and several new medical schools. Guyton played a prominent role in the first years of the Ecole Polytechnique and also ... "
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Ecole Polytechnique, Faculty of Science, Chamber of Deputies, Academy of Sciences, Humphry Davy, Saint-Gobain Company, gunpowder service, service des poudres, statique chimique, gunpowder administration, combining volumes, gravimetric approach
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... he was appointed professor of mathematics at the new Ecole Normale, and after that closed he became professor at the Ecole Polytechnique. ... "
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Ecole Polytechnique, Paris Academy, Georgia Augusta, United States, Sophie Germain, First World War, remarkable mathematicians, future mathematician, mathematical research community, transfinite set theory, foreign mathematicians, trial lecture
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