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Conférence donnée à l'IAP le 14 juin 2011, par par Alain Giraud-Ruby, scientifique et écrivain.

On montre comment, à l'âge classique, les problèmes stratégiques liés à la mesure de la longitude, à l'origine notamment de la construction des premiers observatoires optiques, succèdent à ceux du calendrier et de l'astrologie comme principal moteur des progrès de l'observation astronomique. La cartographie terrestre, spécialité des astronomes et géodésiens de l'observ
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du 18 au 22 juillet 2011à Corte (Corse). Conférences organisés par Associations AIM et AMIS, en partenariat avec l'Université de C
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These famous words of Randolph Bourne have been confirmed throughout the course of American history. This course will examine the origins of a numbe
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