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VACQUANT, Charles || MACÉ DE LÉPINAY, A.

Cours de géométrie élémentaire à l'usage des élèves de mathématiques élémentaires avec des compléments destinés aux candidats à l'école normale et à l'école polytechnique.

Paris, Masson et cie, 1909.

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The Course in Elementary Geometry by Charles Vacquant and A. Macé de Lépinay is a didactic textbook intended for students in secondary education and preparatory to the grandes écoles. Charles Vacquant was a former professor of special mathematics at the Lycée Saint-Louis and inspector general of public education, while A. Macé de Lépinay was a former student of the École Normale and professor of special mathematics at the Lycée Henri-IV. The work is distinguished by its supplements specifically designed for candidates for the competitive examinations of the École Normale and the École Polytechnique.

LEGENDRE, Adrien-Marie.

Éléments de géométrie avec additions et modifications, par m. a. blanchet.

Paris, Firmin didot frères, 1862.

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Adrien-Marie Legendre's (1752-1833) Elements of Geometry is one of the most influential geometry textbooks of the 19th century, both in France and abroad. First published in 1794, it aimed to replace Euclid's Elements with a more didactic approach, while retaining axiomatic rigor. This 1862 edition, with additions and modifications by A. Blanchet, testifies to the longevity and adaptation of Legendre's work to successive school curricula. The introduction to this work is authorized by decision of the Ministry of Public Instruction, emphasizing its status as an official reference work.

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SERRET, Des Méthodes en géométrie, Paris, Mallet-Bachelier, 1855
BRIOT, Cours de Cosmographie, Paris, Dalmont et Dunod, 1860.

BERTRAND, Joseph.

Traité d'Arithmétique.

Paris, librairie hachette, 1885.

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Joseph Bertrand (1822-1900) was a prominent French mathematician and member of the French Academy of Sciences. His Treatise on Arithmetic is a pedagogical work intended for the teaching of arithmetic, a fundamental subject in the scientific curriculum of the time. It is distinguished by its clarity and rigor, reflecting the teaching methods in use in 19th-century France. Bertrand is also known for his work in number theory and probability.

VERTOT, René Aubert de.

Histoire des révolutions de Suède.

Besançon, Charles Deis, 1846.

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René Aubert de Vertot (1655-1735) was a French historian, member of the Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres, known for his narrative historical works. His Histoire des révolutions de Suède (History of the Revolutions of Sweden) is one of his most famous works, recounting the political and dynastic upheavals that marked Swedish history, particularly the rise of Gustav I Vasa. Although criticized today for its lack of historical rigor compared to modern standards, Vertot's work was very popular in its time for its vivid and dramatic style, helping to shape the perception of historical events for the French public in the 18th and 19th centuries.

EYDOUX, Denis.

Hydraulique générale et appliquée.

Paris, Librairie J.-B. Baillière et Fils, 1921.

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Denis Eydoux (1876-1933) was an engineer from the Ponts et Chaussées, substitute professor at the École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, and a doctor of science. His work Hydraulique générale et appliquée (General and Applied Hydraulics), published under the direction of M. Mesnager (member of the Institute and Inspector General of Ponts et Chaussées), is part of the "Encyclopedia of Civil Engineering and Public Works" collection. This manual is a reference for the study of hydraulics for engineering purposes, covering both theoretical principles and their practical applications in public works. The preface by M. Blondel (member of the Institute) and the patronage of the Société Hydrotechnique de France attest to its importance in the field.

STURM, Charles.

Cours de mécanique de l'École Polytechnique.

Paris, Gauthier-Villars, 1883.

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Charles Sturm (1803-1855), a renowned mathematician, also taught mechanics at the École Polytechnique. His Cours de mécanique de l'École Polytechnique (Course in Mechanics of the École Polytechnique) is a fundamental didactic textbook that significantly influenced the training of French engineers and scientists in the 19th century. The work reflects the rigor of the teaching provided at the École Polytechnique and Sturm's pedagogical quality.

WURTZ, Charles Adolph.

Leçons élémentaires de chimie moderne.

Paris, G. Masson, 1875.

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Charles Adolphe Wurtz (1817-1884) was an influential French chemist, a member of the Institute and the Academy of Medicine, and Dean and Professor of Chemistry at the Faculty of Medicine of Paris. His Leçons élémentaires de chimie moderne (Elementary Lessons in Modern Chemistry) is a key textbook that helped disseminate the concepts of modern chemistry of his time. Wurtz was a strong advocate for atomic theory and standardized chemical notation. This work, due to its clarity and updated content (third edition, revised and augmented, with 132 figures), played an important role in teaching and popularizing chemistry in France, particularly organic chemistry.

VILLAT, Henri.

Leçons sur l'Hydrodynamique.

Paris, Gauthier-Villars, 1929.

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Henri Villat (1879-1972) was a leading French mathematician and fluid mechanician, a corresponding member of the Académie des sciences, and professor at the Faculty of Sciences of Paris. His Leçons sur l'Hydrodynamique (Lessons on Hydrodynamics), published under the auspices of the Chair of Fluid Mechanics and Applications (founded by the Under-Secretariat of State for Aeronautics), is an essential textbook for the study of fluids in motion. The work addresses the fundamental principles of hydrodynamics, with a particular focus on applications.

PICARD, Émile.

Mélanges de Mathématiques et de Physique.

Paris, Gauthier-Villars, 1924.

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Émile Picard (1856-1941) was an exceptional French mathematician, Permanent Secretary of the Académie des Sciences, known for his major work in analysis, particularly on differential equations and analytic functions.

DE LA VALLÉE POUSSIN, Charles Jean.

Leçons sur l'Approximation des Fonctions d'une Variable Réelle.

Paris, Gauthier-Villars, 1919.

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First edition. Charles-Jean Étienne Gustave Nicolas de La Vallée Poussin (1866-1962), is a Belgian mathematician known for having proved the prime number theorem using the methods of complex analysis.

DE LA VALLÉE POUSSIN, Charles Jean.

Leçons sur l'Approximation des Fonctions d'une Variable Réelle.

Paris, Gauthier-Villars, 1919.

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First edition. Charles-Jean Étienne Gustave Nicolas de La Vallée Poussin (1866-1962), is a Belgian mathematician known for having proved the prime number theorem using the methods of complex analysis.

BRIOT, Charles Auguste Albert || VACQUANT, Charles.

Éléments de géométrie conformes aux programmes de l'enseignement scientifique dans les lycées.

Paris, Hachette, 1872.

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Charles Briot (1822-1882) was a French mathematician. Charles Vacquant (1825-1883) was also a mathematician and an academic inspector. They are known for their collaborations on school textbooks. This work is a geometry manual intended for high schools. It covers the fundamental concepts of plane and solid geometry and served as a basis for science education in France.

MILHAUD, Gaston.

Leçons sur les origines de la science grecque.

Paris, Librairie Germer Baillière, 1893.

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Gaston Milhaud (1858-1918) was a French philosopher and historian of science, known for his work on Greek philosophy and the history of mathematics. His book Leçons sur les origines de la science grecque (Lessons on the Origins of Greek Science) is a fundamental study of the emergence of scientific thought in ancient Greece, particularly the transition from myth to reason. Milhaud explores the contributions of the Presocratic thinkers and their role in founding scientific disciplines.

EINSTEIN, Albert.

La Géométrie et l'Expérience.

Paris, Gauthier-Villars, 1921.

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PERRIN, Francis.

La Dynamique Relativiste et l'Inertie de l'Énergie.

Paris, Hermann, 1932.

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30 €

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Francis Perrin (1901-1992), assistant at the faculty and son of the Nobel laureate physicist Jean Perrin, was himself a physicist and High Commissioner for Atomic Energy.

DUMAS, Jean-Baptiste.

Leçons sur la Philosophie Chimique.

Paris, Gauthier-Villars, 1878.

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Jean-Baptiste Dumas (1800-1884), professor at the Collège de France, was a leading French chemist and politician, known for his contributions to organic chemistry and the design of the metric system.
His Leçons sur la Philosophie Chimique (Lessons on Chemical Philosophy), collected by M. Bineau, is a series of lectures that explore the fundamental concepts and general principles underlying chemistry of his time.

LEBESGUE, Henri.

Les Coniques.

Paris, Gauthier-Villars, 1955.

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Henri Lebesgue (1875-1941), a member of the Institute and professor at the Collège de France and the École Normale Supérieure de Sèvres, is primarily known for his integration theory. However, his work Les Coniques (Conics), prefaced by Paul Montel, demonstrates his interest in more classical geometry topics. Conics (circles, ellipses, parabolas, hyperbolas) are fundamental curves in mathematics and have important applications in physics (planetary trajectories, optics).

BRUN, Edmond A.

Introduction à l'Étude de la Couche Limite.

Paris, Gauthier-Villars, 1955.

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Edmond A. Brun (1898-1996) was a renowned French physicist and aerodynamicist, a member of the Académie des Sciences. His work Introduction à l'Étude de la Couche Limite (Introduction to the Study of the Boundary Layer) is an essential textbook on this fundamental concept in fluid mechanics, particularly important in aerodynamics and heat transfer. Boundary layer theory, developed by Ludwig Prandtl, describes the thin fluid region near a surface where viscous effects are significant. This book is a key didactic text for students and engineers working in the fields of aeronautics and thermal engineering.

BOREL, Émile.

Leçons sur les Fonctions Entières.

Paris, Gauthier-Villars, 1921.

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Emile BOREL (1871-1956) French mathematician, professor at the Faculty of Sciences in Paris. He was a specialist in the theory of functions and probability. In 1922 he founded the Statistical Institute of the University of Paris and in 1928 the Henri-Poincaré Institute.

PÉRÈS, Joseph.

Cours de Mécanique des Fluides (Fluides Parfaits. Aile Portante. Résistance.).

Paris, Gauthier-Villars, 1936.

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Joseph Pérès (1890-1962), professor at the Sorbonne, was a leading French mathematician and fluid mechanician, a member of the Institute. His Cours de Mécanique des Fluides (Course in Fluid Mechanics), published with the collaboration of L. Malavard (civil engineer in Aeronautics) and prefaced by Henri Villat, is an essential textbook for training in hydrodynamics and aerodynamics. The work, produced under the auspices of the Institute of Fluid Mechanics in Paris (founded by the Ministry of Air), addresses crucial topics for engineering of the time, such as perfect fluids, lift, and drag. It demonstrates the importance of fluid mechanics for the development of aviation.

BLOCH, Léon.

Précis d'Électricité Théorique.

Paris, Gauthier-Villars, 1933.

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Second édition.
Léon Bloch (1876-1947), Doctor of Science and agrégé of the University, was a renowned French physicist known for his work in electricity and atomic physics. His Précis d'Électricité Théorique (Treatise on Theoretical Electricity) is a concise and rigorous textbook that explains the fundamental principles of electricity and magnetism.

[CARNOT, Lazare].

Centenaire de Lazare Carnot 1753-1823. Notes et documents inédits.

Paris, La Sabretache, 1923.

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25 €

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ARGAND, Jean-Robert.

Essai sur une manière de représenter les quantités imaginaires dans les constructions géométriques.

Paris, Librairie Scientifique Albert Blanchard, 1971.

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WEYL, Hermann.

Temps, espace, matière: Leçons sur la théorie de la relativité générale.

Paris, Librairie Scientifique Albert Blanchard, 1958.

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BRUNET, Pierre.

Les physiciens hollandais et la méthode expérimentale en France au XVIIIè siècle.

Paris, Librairie Scientifique Albert Blanchard, 1926.

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DE LA VALLÉE POUSSIN, Charles Jean.

Intégrales de Lebesgue. Fonctions d'Ensemble. Classes de Baire.

Paris, Gauthier-Villars, 1934.

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25 €

Seconde edition.

LUSIN, Nicolas.

Leçons sur les Ensembles Analytiques et Leurs Applications.

Paris, Gauthier-Villars, 1930.

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Nikolai Nikolayevich Luzine (1883 – 1950) was a Russian and then Soviet mathematician. His research mainly concerns set theory and the more particularly topological aspects of mathematical analysis. Prefaced by Henri Lebesgue.

TAINE, Hippolyte.

De l'Intelligence.

Paris, Hachette, 1903.

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Hippolyte Taine (1828-1893), a member of the French Academy, was a French historian, philosopher, and critic whose work had a major influence on naturalism and positivism. His work De l'Intelligence (On Intelligence) is a treatise on psychology and philosophy that explores the nature of human cognitive faculties. Taine applies a scientific and deterministic method to the study of the mind, analyzing the mechanisms of perception, memory, and ideas.
This book was a fundamental text for nascent psychology and the philosophy of science in France in the late 19th century.

DENJOY, Arnaud.

L'énumération transfinie.

Paris, Gauthier-Villars, 1946-1954.

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350 €

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WITH, Émile.

Les Machines. Leur histoire, leur description, leurs usages.

Paris, J. Baudry, 1873.

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Émile With (1824-1886) was a French civil engineer, known for his writings on the history of technology and industry. His work Les Machines (Machines) is a technical treatise that focuses on the history, description, and use of machines in the 19th century. It is part of the "Bibliothèque de l'Enseignement Technique," which highlights its pedagogical purpose.

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VACQUANT, Charles || MACÉ DE LÉPINAY, A.

Cours de géométrie élémentaire à l'usage des élèves de mathématiques élémentaires avec des compléments destinés aux candidats à l'école normale et à l'école polytechnique.

LEGENDRE, Adrien-Marie.

Éléments de géométrie avec additions et modifications, par m. a. blanchet.

BERTRAND, Joseph.

Traité d'Arithmétique.

VERTOT, René Aubert de.

Histoire des révolutions de Suède.

EYDOUX, Denis.

Hydraulique générale et appliquée.

STURM, Charles.

Cours de mécanique de l'École Polytechnique.

WURTZ, Charles Adolph.

Leçons élémentaires de chimie moderne.

VILLAT, Henri.

Leçons sur l'Hydrodynamique.

PICARD, Émile.

Mélanges de Mathématiques et de Physique.

Émile Picard (1856-1941) was an exceptional French mathematician, Permanent Secretary of the Académie des Sciences, known for his major work in analysis, particularly on differential equations and analytic functions.

DE LA VALLÉE POUSSIN, Charles Jean.

Leçons sur l'Approximation des Fonctions d'une Variable Réelle.

First edition. Charles-Jean Étienne Gustave Nicolas de La Vallée Poussin (1866-1962), is a Belgian mathematician known for having proved the prime number theorem using the methods of complex analysis.

DE LA VALLÉE POUSSIN, Charles Jean.

Leçons sur l'Approximation des Fonctions d'une Variable Réelle.

First edition. Charles-Jean Étienne Gustave Nicolas de La Vallée Poussin (1866-1962), is a Belgian mathematician known for having proved the prime number theorem using the methods of complex analysis.

BRIOT, Charles Auguste Albert || VACQUANT, Charles.

Éléments de géométrie conformes aux programmes de l'enseignement scientifique dans les lycées.

MILHAUD, Gaston.

Leçons sur les origines de la science grecque.

EINSTEIN, Albert.

La Géométrie et l'Expérience.

First french edition.

PERRIN, Francis.

La Dynamique Relativiste et l'Inertie de l'Énergie.

First edition.Francis Perrin (1901-1992), assistant at the faculty and son of the Nobel laureate physicist Jean Perrin, was himself a physicist and High Commissioner for Atomic Energy.

DUMAS, Jean-Baptiste.

Leçons sur la Philosophie Chimique.

LEBESGUE, Henri.

Les Coniques.

BRUN, Edmond A.

Introduction à l'Étude de la Couche Limite.

BOREL, Émile.

Leçons sur les Fonctions Entières.

Second edition. Emile BOREL (1871-1956) French mathematician, professor at the Faculty of Sciences in Paris. He was a specialist in the theory of functions and probability. In 1922 he founded the Statistical Institute of the University of Paris and in 1928 the Henri-Poincaré Institute.

PÉRÈS, Joseph.

Cours de Mécanique des Fluides (Fluides Parfaits. Aile Portante. Résistance.).

BLOCH, Léon.

Précis d'Électricité Théorique.

[CARNOT, Lazare].

Centenaire de Lazare Carnot 1753-1823. Notes et documents inédits.

First edition.

ARGAND, Jean-Robert.

Essai sur une manière de représenter les quantités imaginaires dans les constructions géométriques.

WEYL, Hermann.

Temps, espace, matière: Leçons sur la théorie de la relativité générale.

BRUNET, Pierre.

Les physiciens hollandais et la méthode expérimentale en France au XVIIIè siècle.

First edition.

DE LA VALLÉE POUSSIN, Charles Jean.

Intégrales de Lebesgue. Fonctions d'Ensemble. Classes de Baire.

Seconde edition.

LUSIN, Nicolas.

Leçons sur les Ensembles Analytiques et Leurs Applications.

First edition. Nikolai Nikolayevich Luzine (1883 – 1950) was a Russian and then Soviet mathematician. His research mainly concerns set theory and the more particularly topological aspects of mathematical analysis. Prefaced by Henri Lebesgue.

TAINE, Hippolyte.

De l'Intelligence.

DENJOY, Arnaud.

L'énumération transfinie.

First edition.

WITH, Émile.

Les Machines. Leur histoire, leur description, leurs usages.

First edition.
Francis Perrin (1901-1992), assistant at the faculty and son of the Nobel laureate physicist Jean Perrin, was himself a physicist and High Commissioner for Atomic Energy.

Second edition.
Emile BOREL (1871-1956) French mathematician, professor at the Faculty of Sciences in Paris. He was a specialist in the theory of functions and probability. In 1922 he founded the Statistical Institute of the University of Paris and in 1928 the Henri-Poincaré Institute.

First edition.
Nikolai Nikolayevich Luzine (1883 – 1950) was a Russian and then Soviet mathematician. His research mainly concerns set theory and the more particularly topological aspects of mathematical analysis. Prefaced by Henri Lebesgue.