1. Bernard LE BOUYER De FONTENELLE Translate this page Bernard LE BOUYER de FONTENELLE (1657-1757) Élu en 1691 au fauteuil 27 Prédécesseur Jean-Jacques Renouard de Villayer Successeur Antoine-Louis Séguier. http://www.academie-francaise.fr/immortels/base/academiciens/script_ordre.asp?pa

2. Bernard De Fontenelle Bernard De Fontenelle (1 Items Found). Author Bernard De Fontenelle Artist TLPOULTON Publisher The Nonesuch Press, London, Date 1929. Price $125.00 http://www.oldprintshop.com/cgi-bin/gallery.pl?action=browse&creator_id=6540

3. Gene@Star - Famous Genealogy Translate this page . LE BOVIER de fontenelle bernard, dit FONTENELLE Surname, Date beginning, Dateend, Town, Subregion, Region, Country. CORNEILLE, 1515, 1696, Rouen, F76, France. http://www.geneastar.net/en/eclair.php3?nom=fontenelle

4. Gene@Star - Généalogie Celebre Sur Le Net Translate this page . LE BOVIER de fontenelle bernard, dit FONTENELLE ( 1657 - 1757 ) Né à Rouen, le11 février 1657.Neveu des deux Corneille, il fut poète , auteur dramatique http://www.geneastar.net/fr/bio.php3?choix=fontenelle

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6. ABU - AUTEUR Bernard Fontenelle Textes de bernard fontenelle disponibles sur le serveur de l'ABU. http://abu.cnam.fr/BIB/auteurs/fontenelleb.html

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7. FONTENELLE, BERNARD LE BOVIER DE professional brethren http://54.1911encyclopedia.org/F/FO/FONTENELLE_BERNARD_LE_BOVIER_DE.htm

document.write(""); FONTENELLE, BERNARD LE BOVIER DE professional brethren. Returning to Bologna, after doing some work in Fontainebleau and in Genoa, he opened a school of art, in which he became the preceptor of Lodovico and Agostino Caracci; but these pupils, standing forth as reformers and innovators, finally extinguished the academy and the vogue of Fontana. His subjects were in the way of sacred and profane history and of fable. He has left a large quantity of work in Bologna,—the picture of the “Adoration of the Magi,” in the church of S. Maria delle Grazie, being considered his masterpiece —not unlike the style of Paul Veronese. He died in Rome in Fontane’s Gesammelie Romane und Erzahlungen were published in 12 vols. (1890—1891; 2nd ed., 1905). For his life see the autobiographical works Meine Kinderjahre (1894) and Von zwanzig bis dreissig (1898), also Briefe an seine Fanjilie (1905); also F. Servaes, Theodor Fontane (1900). The verse of Fontanes is polished and musical in the style of the 18th century. It was not collected until 1839, when SainteBeuve edited the fEuvres (2 vols.) of Fontanes, with a sympathetic critical study of the author and his career. But by that time the Romantic movement was in the ascendant and Fontanes met with small appreciation. Fontenay was in existence as early as the time of the Gauls. The affix of “ comte” is said to have been applied to it when it was taken by King Louis IX. from the family of Lusignan and given to his brother Alphonse, count of Poitou, under whom it became capital of Bas-Poitou. Ceded to the English by the treaty of Brétignyin 1360 it was retaken in 1372 by Duguesclin. It suffered repeated capture during the Religious Wars of the 16th century, was dismantled in 1621 and was occupied both by the republicans and the Vendeans in the war of 1793. From 1790 to 1806 it was capital of the department of Vendée.

8. Fontenelle bernard le Bouyer de fontenelle. bernard de fontenelle was educated in a JesuitCollege in Rouen and became friends with Varignon and de l'Hôpital. http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Fontenelle.html

Bernard le Bouyer de Fontenelle Born: 11 Feb 1657 in Rouen, France Died: 9 Jan 1757 in Paris, France Click the picture above to see a larger version Show birthplace location Previous (Chronologically) Next Biographies Index Previous (Alphabetically) Next Main index Bernard de Fontenelle was educated in a Jesuit College in Rouen and became friends with Varignon and . He wrote on the history of mathematics and the philosophy of mathematics and science. He evaluated the works of others extremely well and his works contain a wonderful source of information about the scientists of his era. Fontenelle's most famous work was Newton and Leibniz being particularly notable. In 1699 Fontenelle wrote Of the Usefulness of Mathematical Learning. In it he wrote To what purpose should People become fond of the Mathematicks and Natural Philosophy? ... People very readily call Useless what they do not understand. It is a sort of Revenge ... . One would think at first that if the Mathematicks were to be confin'd to what is useful in them, they ought only to be improv'd in those things which have an immediate and sensible Affinity with Arts, and the rest ought to be neglected as a Vain Theory. But this would be a very wrong Notion. As for Instance, the Art of Navigation hath a necessary Connection with Astronomy, and Astronomy can never be too much improv'd for the Benefit of Navigation. Astronomy cannot be without Optics by reason of Perspective Glasses: and both, as all parts of the Mathematicks are grounded upon Geometry ... .

9. Quotations By Fontenelle Quotations by bernard de fontenelle. Mathematicians are like lovers.Grant a mathematician the least principle, and he will draw http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Quotations/Fontenelle.html

Quotations by Bernard de Fontenelle Mathematicians are like lovers. Grant a mathematician the least principle, and he will draw from it a consequence which you must also grant him, and from this consequence another. Quoted in V H Larney Abstract Algebra: A First Course (Boston 1975). A work of morality, politics, criticism will be more elegant, other things being equal, if it is shaped by the hand of geometry. Preface Leibniz never married; he had considered it at the age of fifty; but the person he had in mind asked for time to reflect. This gave Leibniz time to reflect, too, and so he never married. Eloge de le Leibniz Science originates from curiosity and bad eyesight. Nothing proves more clearly that the mind seeks truth, and nothing reflects more glory upon it, than the delight it takes, sometimes in spite of itself, in the driest and thorniest researches of algebra. An educated mind is, as it were, composed of all the minds of preceding ages. ...as princes monopolize the earth, it is but fair that astronomers should have the sky for their share, and not suffer princes to intrude on their domain. Conversations on the Plurality of Worlds Main index Quotations index Biographies Index History Topics ... Societies, honours, etc.

10. Bernard LE BOUYER De FONTENELLE Retour bernard LE BOUYER de fontenelle (16571757) Élu en 1691 au fauteuil 27 Prédécesseur Jean-Jacques Renouard de Villayer Successeur Antoine-Louis Séguier Discours et travaux académiques Auteur dramatique, moraliste, philosophe http://www.academie-francaise.fr/immortels/base/academiciens/fiche.asp?param=109

11. Fontenelle (Bernard Le Bovier De) Translate this page fontenelle, bernard le Bovier de (1657-1757), philosophe et poète français quiannonça l'esprit des Lumières en vulgarisant des théories scientifiques http://www.proverbes-citations.com/fontenelle.htm

Fontenelle, Bernard le Bovier de (1657-1757), philosophe et poète français qui annonça l'esprit des Lumières en vulgarisant des théories scientifiques nouvelles. Né à Rouen, neveu de Pierre et Thomas Corneille, fils d'avocat, il fréquenta le collège des jésuites, étudia le droit et se consacra très tôt à la littérature. Il avait vingt ans lorsque son oncle Thomas l'engagea comme collaborateur dans sa revue, le Mercure galant. En 1680, il fit jouer Aspar , dont la représentation fut un échec. Il retourna alors à Rouen, et publia, entre 1682 et 1687, des textes qui le firent connaître en tant que philosophe et scientifique soucieux de vulgarisation intelligente, plus encore que comme poète (il composa des poésies précieuses, des opéras et des tragédies). Parmi ses nombreux ouvrages, on peut citer: la République des philosophes , roman utopique vantant une démocratie radicale, matérialiste et athée ; les Dialogues des morts , imités de Lucien, qui rapportent des conversations fictives entre Sénèque et Scarron, Socrate et Montaigne ; un article ironique sur la rivalité entre les religions juive, catholique et calviniste ; des Entretiens sur la pluralité des mondes , vulgarisation des théories de Copernic ; un traité sur

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13. Fontenelle Biography of bernard de fontenelle (16571757) bernard le Bouyer de fontenelle. Born 11 Feb 1657 in Rouen, France http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Fontenelle.html

Bernard le Bouyer de Fontenelle Born: 11 Feb 1657 in Rouen, France Died: 9 Jan 1757 in Paris, France Click the picture above to see a larger version Show birthplace location Previous (Chronologically) Next Biographies Index Previous (Alphabetically) Next Main index Bernard de Fontenelle was educated in a Jesuit College in Rouen and became friends with Varignon and . He wrote on the history of mathematics and the philosophy of mathematics and science. He evaluated the works of others extremely well and his works contain a wonderful source of information about the scientists of his era. Fontenelle's most famous work was Newton and Leibniz being particularly notable. In 1699 Fontenelle wrote Of the Usefulness of Mathematical Learning. In it he wrote To what purpose should People become fond of the Mathematicks and Natural Philosophy? ... People very readily call Useless what they do not understand. It is a sort of Revenge ... . One would think at first that if the Mathematicks were to be confin'd to what is useful in them, they ought only to be improv'd in those things which have an immediate and sensible Affinity with Arts, and the rest ought to be neglected as a Vain Theory. But this would be a very wrong Notion. As for Instance, the Art of Navigation hath a necessary Connection with Astronomy, and Astronomy can never be too much improv'd for the Benefit of Navigation. Astronomy cannot be without Optics by reason of Perspective Glasses: and both, as all parts of the Mathematicks are grounded upon Geometry ... .

14. Fontenelle, Bernard De (1657-1757) -- From Eric Weisstein's World Of Scientific Nationality , French v. fontenelle, bernard de (16571757), French sciencewriter who became secretary of the French Academy of Sciences in 1699. http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/biography/Fontenelle.html

Branch of Science Scholars Nationality French Fontenelle, Bernard de (1657-1757) French science writer who became secretary of the French Academy of Sciences in 1699. He was an influential popularizer of Cartesianism. Author: Eric W. Weisstein

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18. Fontenelle, Bernard Le Bovier De. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 fontenelle, bernard le Bovier de. The Columbia Encyclopedia, SixthEdition. 2001. Edition. 2001. fontenelle, bernard le Bovier de. (b http://www.bartleby.com/65/fo/Fontenel.html

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19. FONTENELLE, Bernard Le Bovier De, Entretiens Sur La Pluralité Des Mondes. WP Watson Antiquarian Books. fontenelle, bernard Le Bovier de Entretiens sur laPluralité des Mondes. Lyon, Thomas Amaulry (and Paris, C. Blageart), 1686. http://www.polybiblio.com/watbooks/2389.html

W. P. Watson Antiquarian Books FONTENELLE, Bernard Le Bovier de Entretiens sur la Pluralité des Mondes. Lyon, Thomas Amaulry (and Paris, C. Blageart), 1686 12mo (150 x 86 mm), pp. [xxviii] 359 [i.e. 361], with large folding engraved plate engraved by Dolivar; some very faint occasional spotting, a fine copy in contemporary French calf. £2550 Fontenelle (1657-1757), secrétaire perpétuel of the Académie des Sciences, incorporated the latest scientific discoveries and theories in subsequent editions of the Entretiens, of which at least 33 editions were published in his lifetime alone. The attractive plate illustrates a Copernican planetary system surrounded by galactic clouds suggestive of the immensity of the universe. This work is normally found with the Paris imprint of Blageart, but as the Privilege makes clear it was a joint edition shared between the widow of Blageart and Thomas Amaulry of Lyon. En français dans le texte 122; NUC: CLU-C WU MH PU (Lyon); OCLC adds Linda Hall (Lyon) and Universities of Oklahoma and Virginia This item is listed on Bibliopoly by W. P. Watson Antiquarian Books

20. FONTENELLE, Bernard Le Bouvier De, Oeuvres De Fontenelle... Nouvelle édition, A Hordern House. fontenelle, bernard le Bouvier de Oeuvres de fontenelle Nouvelle édition, augmentée de plusieurs pièces relatives http://www.polybiblio.com/hordern/002_018.html

Hordern House FONTENELLE, Bernard le Bouvier de Oeuvres de Fontenelle... Nouvelle édition, augmentée de plusieurs pièces relatives a l'auteur, mise pour la première fois par ordre des matières, et plus correcte que toutes les précédentes... Paris, Jean-Francois Bastien, 1790 Eight volumes, octavo, engraved portrait frontispiece in volume 1 and a folding plate in vol. 2; a fine set in contemporary French polished marbled calf, one or two joints slightly weak; flat spines ornately gilt with double red labels. A very attractive set of Fontenelle's works, including his enormously popular Entretiens sur la Pluralité des Mondes: this utopian analysis of the universe took Europe by storm and was precursor and inspiration to scores of imitations. It was first published in 1686, and first translated into English by Aphra Behn only two years later. Although the Entretiens clearly owes a tremendous debt to the astronomical traditions of Galileo and Brahe, Fontenelle's sensational tale of the inhabitants in 'other planets, in other galaxies, and even on comets, could hardly fail to captivate' (Nina Rattner Gelbart, Introduction to the Conversations on the Plurality of Worlds). In the form of an elegant dialogue between a scientist and a Marquise, it takes as its starting point that 'Toute la philosophie n'est fondée sur deux choses: sur ce qu'on a l'esprit curieux et les yeux mauvais': that is, that if we had a perfect understanding we would not need science because all would be spontaneously revealed. Meant as a quick summation of scientific discovery, but also as pure speculation on the possibilities of the universe, it suggests that as it has taken six millennia for Europeans to cross the Atlantic Ocean to America, it may take a little longer for the inhabitants of other worlds to cross the far greater expanses of space.

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