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L'émergence de la notion de « complément » est-elle une invention ou une innovation ? [PDF]
Publication en ligne, assez différente de la communicationInternational audienceCet article propose de décrire, d’examiner et de questionner le processus d’élaboration de la notion de « complément », utilisée et admise communément aujourd’hui en ...
Bouard, Bérengère
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Le souci métaphysique de l’infini dans la construction de la science classique
We cannot study the 17th century and in particular the first developments of classical science by simply applying our modern reading grids. Indeed, as we show in this article by focusing on the concept of infinity, it is important not to conceive of it ...
Michel Blay
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Présentation. Exobiologie, aspects historiques et épistémologiques
The definition of exobiology – the study of the origins, evolution and distribution of life in the universe, as well as of related structures and processes – raises the problem of the link between current and past studies on the origins of terrestrial ...
Florence Raulin Cerceau +1 more
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De l’automate aux neurosciences
The idea of a machine imitating man for all or part of his biological and mental functions has very ancient mythical roots. Since the 16th century, with the mechanism, we have seen a rationalisation of this idea.
Gérard Chazal
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La nouvelle histoire américaine de l'éducation [PDF]
Nóvoa António. La nouvelle histoire américaine de l’éducation. In: Histoire de l'éducation. n° 73, 1997. pp.
Novoa, Antonio
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On Earth, the transition from matter to life took place with chemical systems capable of self-reproduction and evolution. Two avenues are being explored to understand this transition: the synthesis of artificial life in a test tube and the search for a ...
André Brack
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Les paradoxes de la relativité
By reading the main questions raised and the answers given by the two most famous paradoxes of the relativity theory, we propose, in the following, to answer the following question.
Sylviane Bidal
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The title ‘A Century of Genetics’ is both a nod to the recently published book by the American philosopher Evelyn Fox Keller and an acknowledgement that the development of genetics has had as much, if not more, of an impact on the 20th century than the ...
Michel Morange
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La preuve par l’expérimentation dans l’Antiquité
The invention of the “experimental method” is usually dated to the 19th century and is associated with the name of Claude Bernard. But it is no exaggeration to say that this notion dates back to the mid-century BC, when animal vivisection was ...
Armelle Debru
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La courbe comme phénomène technique au xviie siècle
In the 17th century, technical problems were tackled by scientists, all leading to the determination of an unknown curve. We examine three of these problems, to show that they were instigators of “new mathematics”.
Evelyne Barbin
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