Communicating Physics : The Production, Circulation, and Appropriation of Ganot's Textbooks in France and England, 1851-1887

Josep Simon

ISBN 10: 0822964724 / ISBN 13: 9780822964728

Published by University Of Pittsburgh Press Nov 2016, 2016

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Neuware - The textbooks written by Adolphe Ganot (1804-1887) played a major role in shaping the way physics was taught in the nineteenth century. Ganot's books were translated from their original French into more than ten languages, including English, allowing their adoption as standard works in Britain and spreading their influence as far as North America, Australia, India and Japan. Simon's Franco-British case study looks at the role of Ganot's two textbooks: Traite elementaire de physique experimentale et appliquee (1851) and Cours de physique purement experimentale (1859), and their translations into English by Edmund Atkinson. The study is novel for its international comparison of nineteenth-century physics, its acknowledgement of the role of book production on the impact of the titles, and for its emphasis on the role of communication in the making of science.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Communicating Physics : The Production, Circulation, and Appropriation of Ganot's Textbooks in France and England, 1851-1887
• Publisher: University Of Pittsburgh Press Nov 2016
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0822964724
• ISBN 13: 9780822964728
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 229W x 152H x 18D millimeters 229 millimeters width by 152 millimeters height by 18 millimeters depth
• Weight: 463 grams

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Synopsis

WINNER OF THE MARC-AUGUSTE PICTET PRIZE, 2010

The textbooks written by Adolphe Ganot (1804–1887) played a major role in shaping the way physics was taught in the nineteenth century. Ganot's books were translated from their original French into more than ten languages, including English, allowing their adoption as standard works in Britain and spreading their influence as far as North America, Australia, India and Japan.

Simon's Franco-British case study looks at the role of Ganot's two textbooks: Traité élémentaire de physique expérimentale et appliquée (1851) and Cours de physique purement expérimentale (1859), and their translations into English by Edmund Atkinson. The study is novel for its international comparison of nineteenth-century physics, its acknowledgement of the role of book production on the impact of the titles and for its emphasis on the role of communication in the making of science.

About the Author

Josep Simon is an associate professor in history of science, technology, and medicine, at Universidad del Rosario, Colombia.