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utopian science and technology after Napoleon

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The University of Chicago Press, University of Chicago Press
Language
English
Pages
472

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Subjects

Machinery, Utopias, Science, Philosophy, Technology, Romanticism, History, Technology, social aspects, Science, social aspects, Technology, philosophy, Romanticism, france, France, history, february revolution, 1848

Places

France

Times

February Revolution, 1848, 19th century
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The Romantic Machine: Utopian Science and Technology after Napoleon
Nov 27, 2014, University of Chicago Press
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Cover of: The romantic machine
The romantic machine: utopian science and technology after Napoleon
2012, The University of Chicago Press, University of Chicago Press
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Cover of: Romantic Machine
Romantic Machine: Utopian Science and Technology after Napoleon
2012, University of Chicago Press
in English
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Romantic Machine: Utopian Science and Technology after Napoleon
2012, University of Chicago Press
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Table of Contents

Introduction: Mechanical romanticism
Devices of cosmic unity
Ampère's experiments: contours of a cosmic substance
Humboldt's instruments: even the tools will be free
Arago's daguerreotype: the labor theory of knowledge
Spectacles of creation and metamorphosis
The devil's opera: fantastic physiospiritualism
Monsters, machine-men, magicians: the automaton in the garden
Engineers of artificial paradises
Saint-Simonian engines: love and conversions
Leroux's pianotype: the organogenesis of humanity
Comte's calendar: from infinite universe to closed world
Conclusion: Afterlives of the romantic machine.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Chicago, London
Copyright Date
2012

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
509.44/09034
Library of Congress
T26.F8 T74 2012, T26.F8T74 2012

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Pagination
p. cm.
Number of pages
472

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL25033515M
ISBN 10
0226812200
ISBN 13
9780226812205
LCCN
2011038172
OCLC/WorldCat
753468498

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OL16152802W

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