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

by Josep Simon

Book Overview

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:...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822964724
• ISBN13: 9780822964728
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"