COVER -- TITLE -- COPYRIGHT -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- A NOTE ON THE CITATIONS -- PART ONE INSTITUTIONS -- CHAPTER I THE STATE AND SCIENCE -- 1. TURGOT AND HIS CIRCLE -- 2. THE LIMOUSIN -- 3. THE MINISTRY OF TURGOT -- 4. ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM -- 5. CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM -- 6. MUNITIONS -- CHAPTER II SCIENCE AND THE STATE -- 1. CLASSICAL INSTITUTIONALIZATION -- 2. THE ACADEMY OF SCIENCE -- 3. THE OBSERVATORY OF PARIS -- 4. THE COLLEGE DE FRANCE -- 5. THE JARDIN DES PLANTES -- PART TWO PROFESSIONS -- CHAPTER III SCIENCE AND MEDICINE -- 1. THE EXPANSION OF SCIENCE -- 2. THE SOCIETY OF MEDICINE -- 3. SURGEONS AND APOTHECARIES -- 4. THE FACULTY OF MEDICINE -- 5. POLICE OF PUBLIC HEALTH -- 6. MEDICAL PRACTICE -- 7. SANITATION, PRISONS, AND HOSPITALS -- CHAPTER IV SCIENTISTS AND CHARLATANS -- 1. A MEDICAL QUACK -- 2. MESMERISM -- 3. MARAT -- 4. DEMACHY -- PART THREE APPLICATIONS -- CHAPTER V TRADES AND AGRICULTURE -- 1. SCIENCE AND THE ECONOMY -- 2. DUHAMEL AND THE DESCRIPTION DES ARTS ET METIERS -- 3. FORESTRY -- 4. AGRONOMY -- 5. THE SOCIETY OF AGRICULTURE -- CHAPTER VI INDUSTRY AND INVENTION -- 1. THE STATE AND INDUSTRY -- 2. STATE-OWNED INDUSTRY: SEVRES AND THE GOBELINS -- 3. STATE-ENCOURAGED INDUSTRY: TEXTILES, MINING AND METALS, PAPER -- 4. INVENTION -- CHAPTER VII ENGINEERING, CIVIL AND MILITARY -- 1. THE ECOLE AND CORPS DES FONTS ET CHAUSSéES -- 2. THE ECOLE AND CORPS DES MINES -- 3. MILITARY ENGINEERING AND MEZIERES -- CONCLUSION -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX.