Jean d’Alembert / ’ SCIENCE AND THE ENLIGHTENMENT THOMAS L. HANKINS CLARENDON PRESS - OXFORD 1970For Polly, Blesnor, and Anne (© ars moePREFACE “Tuts book is intended a a study of the tls Between cence and llaopy coreg the Hnihtenment a sen thooph the ste of [neat fv most promioetepolemen, Jews Alember. This Tbe not ‘rien 3 thorapheyng bingy ot dete snaps of Alembere’s ‘iste wit butrather baveamerptdto place nia the eteate, ici nd 'phiespbialcomemuntin of the eghtecth cenry and € Sow ow Gav important pri ied (oxmetines emraiy and ‘ometines no) nl tse worl In esting Alemberé' eine I ave ‘reed te logic foundation of inechanis and his wash for pial noe Te wa from tse concepts tate ik iene piety fu one cam be ia th cave uf Aer at last, how Halightenment ilnopy bere heat the methods and gos of scence Slee a'Alember’s quarrel wih Diderot wae oocsoed in part by ‘nficng phiophied views wards selene, Didee and the Baye seca sa mpi lace tha bok, Por lar eta, Ure she ered @Alenhor’s tains with eter scents on the Comoe, te contovenin with ‘Ales Cla, Levabard Paley and Das ernol ands sete tthe academia of Paris and Dein, Pally Thaveinted de ogi of Alene dann science and pnp tnd have attempted tn ow Bove slowly the ssa cones of ern, "a, fe, se, Were cried and simltd nto the metre of ‘dasa rani ‘This boc then, i primary history of scence Inca history ad msn ao step to tay win the canine of te ‘ety enti development of the Elighenment Tis induced tod Alembert by Horry Gera wile Iwasa gat ate sont at Coral! Univenty and many of the Mews fse presented Jive gown out of is though provoking enna and cours. Tas beak ia verisin of my doce thoi writen under hin ieton and Tat tefl for hi valable tic, Tab wish thank Preis L- Pearce Wiliams, Max Hc, aad Water Simon for thet hep a peeping the ogi! thesia: Jobn'N. Pupp of the Univers of Penuyvania and TRidhend No Schaaf the Uniery of Cilifrnin ave Been st eneoue in sharing with me the fruit of ther own rexcrcher on {EArt sod em cpl rate to Giles Mabe of the Uaiterty of Montel who fea td eed the Gal masse. Lalo wi thank my cllaguer atthe University of Washington, whos adice I hive fequeny ought, and Fred J. Lavy i paren, who helped #9 Tighten the onerou ak of profi