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La figure de la Terre. Un débat scientifique franco-anglais (XVIIᵉ-XXIᵉ siècle)


Paris, France

Organisation: Académie des sciences et la Royal Society, bibliothèques Mazarine et l’Institut de France

Conceived jointly by two of Europe's oldest scientific academies, this exhibition traces more than three centuries of debate, experiment and cooperation around a fundamental question: what is the exact shape of the Earth?
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