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Science and civilization

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  • French savants huddled together at the top of a column, while a band of Bedouin Arabs set fire to it below; exaggerating the troubled experience of the 'Commission des Sciences et des Arts' during Napoleon's invasion of Egypt. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1799.
  • French savants huddled together at the top of a column, while a band of Bedouin Arabs set fire to it below; exaggerating the troubled experience of the 'Commission des Sciences et des Arts' during Napoleon's invasion of Egypt. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1799.
  • French savants huddled together at the top of a column, while a band of Bedouin Arabs set fire to it below; exaggerating the troubled experience of the 'Commission des Sciences et des Arts' during Napoleon's invasion of Egypt. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1799.
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Catalogue

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    Science in culture / editors Peter Galison, Stephen R. Graubard, Everett Mendelsohn.

    | Date: [2001], ©2001
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    Civilizační nemoci, vývoj a prevence / [Karel Daněk].

    Daněk, Karel. | Date: 1966
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    Science in history / J.D. Bernal.

    Bernal, J. D. (John Desmond), 1901-1971. | Date: 1954
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    The curious country : the role of science in Australian society / edited by Leigh Dayton.

    | Date: 2013
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    Science : a four thousand year history / Patricia Fara.

    Fara, Patricia. | Date: [2009], ©2009
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