D'Alembert's Principle A Novel in Three Panels |
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| Author:
| Crumey, Andrew |
| ISBN: | 978-0-312-20401-3 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 1999 |
| Publisher: | Picador
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $12.00 |
Book Description:
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As the scientist D'Alembert nears the end of his life, he looks back on his friendships with Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Denis Diderot and mourns his unrequited love for a woman who spent years deceiving him. At the same time, an exiled Jacobite dreams of journeying to the planets, and in a prison cell two unlikely captives discuss love, language, and fate. Meticulously crafted,
D'Alembert's Principle is a fascinating historical triptych about memory, reason, and imagination set...
More DescriptionAs the scientist D'Alembert nears the end of his life, he looks back on his friendships with Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Denis Diderot and mourns his unrequited love for a woman who spent years deceiving him. At the same time, an exiled Jacobite dreams of journeying to the planets, and in a prison cell two unlikely captives discuss love, language, and fate. Meticulously crafted, D'Alembert's Principle is a fascinating historical triptych about memory, reason, and imagination set in the rich and lavish world of eighteenth-century Europe.