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  2. Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie - Wikipedia

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    La Cité des Sciences main hall escalator Museum interior. Explore (levels 1, 2, and 3) The library of science and industry (Médiathèque, level −1) City of children (level 0) Auditorium and things (level 0) Louis Lumière theatre (level 0) Planetarium (located between exhibits on level 2) Numeric crossroads (level −1) City of careers ...

  3. Lumières - Wikipedia

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    At the time, there was a particular taste for compendia of "all knowledge". This ideal found an instance in Diderot and d'Alembert's Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers ("Encyclopaedia, or Systematic Dictionary of the Sciences, Arts, and Crafts"), usually known simply as the Encyclopédie. Published ...

  4. Maison des Sciences de L'Homme - Wikipedia

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    Maison des Sciences de l'Homme also known as MSH a is a research foundation based in Paris, France. MSH provides a platform for national and international collaboration between various institutions, fields and researchers. It was enacted on January the 4th 1963.

  5. Institut de France - Wikipedia

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    The Institut de France (French for 'Institute of France'; French: [ɛ̃stity də fʁɑ̃s]) is a French learned society, grouping five académies, including the Académie Française. It was established in 1795 at the direction of the National Convention .

  6. Palais de la Découverte - Wikipedia

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    Entry hall, Palais de la Découverte. The Palais de la Découverte (French pronunciation: [palɛ də la dekuvɛʁt], lit. ' Discovery Palace ') is a science museum located in the Grand Palais, in the 8th arrondissement on Avenue Franklin D. Roosevelt, Paris, France. It is open daily except Monday; an admission fee is charged.

  7. List of recipients of the Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts

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    This is a list of recipients of the Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts (German: Pour le Mérite für Wissenschaften und Künste), a German and formerly Prussian honor given since 1842 for achievement in the humanities, sciences, or arts.

  8. Musée de l'Homme - Wikipedia

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    It was established in 1937 by Paul Rivet for the 1937 Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne. It is the descendant of the Musée d'Ethnographie du Trocadéro, founded in 1878. The Musée de l'Homme is a research center under the authority of various ministries, and it groups several entities from the CNRS.

  9. French Academy of Sciences - Wikipedia

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    Colbert Presenting the Members of the Royal Academy of Sciences to Louis XIV in 1667, by Henri Testelin; in the background appears the new Paris Observatory. The French Academy of Sciences (French: Académie des sciences, [akademi de sjɑ̃s]) is a learned society, founded in 1666 by Louis XIV at the suggestion of Jean-Baptiste Colbert, to encourage and protect the spirit of French scientific ...