Understanding Polar Ice in the Eighteenth Century. The Ambivalent Inputs of Buffon and of Bernardin de Saint-Pierre
Rémy, Frédérique
Understanding Polar Ice in the Eighteenth Century. The Ambivalent Inputs of Buffon and of Bernardin de Saint-Pierre - 2022.
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At at time when polar ice was still little known, it featured in the scientific arguments developed by Buffon and then Bernardin de Saint-Pierre. Buffon imagined that the Earth would end up frozen as at its poles and Bernardin built a frenzied but extremely coherent system, entirely based on ice. Their hypotheses soon proved erroneous but both succeeded in seeing the role of ice in the climatic system, as playing the role of a witness for one, and the role of an actor for the other.
Understanding Polar Ice in the Eighteenth Century. The Ambivalent Inputs of Buffon and of Bernardin de Saint-Pierre - 2022.
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At at time when polar ice was still little known, it featured in the scientific arguments developed by Buffon and then Bernardin de Saint-Pierre. Buffon imagined that the Earth would end up frozen as at its poles and Bernardin built a frenzied but extremely coherent system, entirely based on ice. Their hypotheses soon proved erroneous but both succeeded in seeing the role of ice in the climatic system, as playing the role of a witness for one, and the role of an actor for the other.
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