Describes the near-simultaneous eighteenth-century discovery of oxygen by two scientific rivals, Englishman Joseph Priestley and Frenchman Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier. Focuses on…
their research and its implications for the new science of chemistry. Outlines the political and social events that forced Priestley to flee England and sent Lavoisier to the guillotine. 2005
Politique et gouvernement, Essais et documents généraux
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The speed with which the Japanese have adopted new industrial technology has been a major factor in their economic success,…
raising the question of how they have been able to carry out technological change so quickly and so smoothly, often outstripping their U.S. competitors. How Japan Innovates examines this question in depth by comparing t