The Pyrenees are not hollow
The Mountain as a Boundary Object
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3060783 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jérôme Lamy (0000-0003-3820-284X, Université Toulouse II, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 789-801 |
| Publication date | 2009-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | História Ciências Saúde-Manguinhos (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0104-5970 • E-ISSN: 1678-4758 |
| Publisher | FapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1590/s0104-59702009000300014 |
| OpenAlex | W1989565762 |
| SCIELO_PID | S0104-59702009000300014 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 5 |
In Toulouse, around 1850, a controversy about the structure of the Pyrenees pitted observatory director Frederic Petit against geology professor Alexandre Leymerie. The object of the debate was an assumption formulated by Petit: that the inside of the Pyrenees was practically hollow. This proposal was based on work that Petit initiated in order to determine the latitude of Toulouse. The debates, which took place within the Toulouse Academy of Science and also in local newspapers, illustrate the organization of disciplinary spaces in the nineteenth century. Petit defended his research method based on calculation; the geologist's perspective was from the field. The emergence of the less mathematical science of geology came up against nineteenth-century astronomical practices, centered on calculation. Dissected by calculation or by visual observation, the mountain was an object of controversy from the perspective of distinct scientific practices
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| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |