Louis Figuier
Biographic Data
| ID | 10760800 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Louis Figuier |
| GIVEN NAMES | Louis |
| FAMILY NAME | Figuier |
| SIGNATURE | FIGUIER L |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1867 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
World Before the Deluge
The World before the Deluge
Louis Figuier (1819–94) was destined to remain in academia until disagreements with fellow scholars led him to abandon this path and instead pursue 'the idea that scientific knowledge, which until then had been almost exclusively the property of the learned, should be put within the reach of the reading public'. Published in 1863, La Terre avant le déluge became a classic of popular science and introduced palaeontology to a wider readership; that…
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The World before the Deluge
Louis Figuier (1819–94) was destined to remain in academia until disagreements with fellow scholars led him to abandon this path and instead pursue 'the idea that scientific knowledge, which until then had been almost exclusively the property of the learned, should be put within the reach of the reading public'. Published in 1863, La Terre avant le déluge became a classic of popular science and introduced palaeontology to a wider readership; that…
World Before the Deluge
Art history (1 work) · Audience measurement (1 work) · Computer Science (1 work) · Ecocriticism and Environmental Literature (1 work) · French Urban and Social Studies (1 work) · Geology, Stratigraphic (1 work) · Historical Geography and Geographical Thought (1 work) · History (1 work) · History of Science and Natural History (1 work) · Law (1 work)