Jean Le Rond dâAlembert: References & Edit History
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The main editions of dâAlembertâs collected works are: Oeuvres philosophiques, historiques et littĂ©raires de dâAlembert, ed. by J.F. Bastien, 18 vol. (1805); and Oeuvres complĂštes de dâAlembert, ed. by Bossange and Belin, 5 vol. (1821, reprinted 1967). These may be supplemented by dâAlembertâs MĂ©langes de littĂ©rature, dâhistoire et de philosophie, 2 vol. (1753), 4 vol. (1759), 5th vol. (1767), which contain a few pieces omitted from the collected editions; and his Histoire des membres de lâAcadĂ©mie française morts depuis 1700 jusquâen 1771, 6 vol. (1785â87, reprinted 1970). General studies are: Joseph Bertrand, DâAlembert (1889); and Ronald Grimsley, Jean dâAlembert, 1717â83 (1963).
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| Anniversary information added. | Nov 13, 2025 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Oct 25, 2025 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Feb 12, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of Houston - Engines of Our Ingenuity - Biography of Jean Le Rond dïżœAlembert. | Feb 12, 2019 | ||
| Changed title of the "Assessment" section to "Legacy." | Nov 15, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: The MacTutor History of Mathematics - Biography of Jean Le Rond dïżœ Alembert. | Nov 03, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive - Biography of Jean Le Rond d'Alembert. | Jul 07, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Wolfram Research - Eric Weisstein's World of Science - Biography of Jean-le-Rond d'Alembert. | Oct 07, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Trinity College Dublin - School of Mathematics - Biography of Jean-le-Rond D'Alembert. | Oct 07, 2013 | ||
| Media added. | Aug 11, 2011 | ||
| Added new Web site: Strange Science - Biography of Diderot and d'Alembert. | Apr 16, 2009 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Feb 12, 2008 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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