Paul Sabatier: A Study in Science and its Institutions in the French Third Republic

FAIN: FT-12038-74

Mary J. Nye
University of Oklahoma, Norman (Norman, OK 73019-3003)

To study Paul Sabatier (1854-1941): Nobel Prize winning French chemist, professor, and Dean at the University of Toulouse. Since Sabatier reflected the major currents of change in French science, education, and society during the Third Republic, this study will analyze the interaction between French society and science.