Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle (/fɒntəˈnɛl/; French: [fɔ̃tənɛl]; 11 February 1657 – 9 January 1757), also called Bernard Le Bouyer de Fontenelle, was...

crater was named in 1935 by the IAU after French astronomer Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle. By convention these features are identified on lunar maps...

pluralité des mondes) is a popular science book by French author Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle, published in 1686. The book expresses support for cosmic pluralism...

Nebraska Logan Fontenelle Middle School, Bellevue, Nebraska Fontenelle (crater), a crater on the Moon Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle (1657–1757), French...

friends included Helvétius, Claudine Guérin de Tencin, Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle and even Madame de Pompadour (who allegedly provided him with a...

Carstares, Scottish minister and academic (d. 1715) 1657 – Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle, French poet and playwright (d. 1757) 1708 – Egidio Duni, Italian...

architect. According to Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle he was an "academy unto himself". He was born in Paris, the son of Laurent de La Hire, a distinguished...

its habitués Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle, Charles de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu, Charles-Irénée Castel de Saint-Pierre, Pierre de Marivaux, Alexis...

Starting at 0 or 1 has long been a matter of definition. In 1727, Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle wrote that his notions of distance and element led to defining...

Conversations on the Plurality of Worlds, published in France by Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle and translated into English and other languages in the coming...

purpose. The watchmaker analogy, as described here, was used by Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle in 1686, but was most famously formulated by Paley. Paley used...

London (b. 1550) 1622 – Alix Le Clerc, French Canoness Regular and foundress (b. 1576) 1757 – Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle, French author, poet, and playwright...

Jan 1697 – Dec 1740 Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle (nominated by king in Jan 1699) Jan 1741 – Aug 1743 Jean-Jacques Dortous de Mairan Sep 1743 – Jul...

publication of Conversations on the Plurality of Worlds by Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle (1686), and by the early 18th century it was the default working...

Francis Bacon's book the New Atlantis. In the 17th century, Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle described progress with respect to arts and the sciences, saying...

(1831–1870), composer Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle (1657–1757), author, nephew of Pierre Corneille. Jean-Laurent Le Cerf de La Viéville (1674–1707)...

would last until the beginning of the eighteenth century. Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle and the Mercure galant joined the "Moderns". Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux...

Enlightenment, cosmic pluralism became a mainstream possibility. Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle's Entretiens sur la pluralité des mondes (Conversations on the...

literature – Conversations on the Plurality of Worlds by Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle 1687 in literature – Isaac Newton, Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia...

publication of Conversations on the Plurality of Worlds by Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle (1686), and by the early 18th century it was the default working...

Foremost among the critics were Thomas Corneille, Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle, and Isaac de Benserade, who were clearly critical of the book. They...

Biblia de la București (Bucharest Bible, first complete translation into Romanian) Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle – Digression sur les anciens et les modernes...

Louvre) Essaying and scientist Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle (1749) Carnegie Museum of Art Geneviève-Françoise Randon de Malboissière (1768), Metropolitan...

very author". Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux, François Fénelon, Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle, and Voltaire all wrote adaptations of Lucian's Dialogues of...

publication in London. May 5 – Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle becomes a member of the Académie française. Adrien Baillet – La vie de monsieur Descartes Barbara...

of his incognito Grand Embassy to western Europe. January – Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle becomes perpetual secretary of the French Academy of Sciences...

Galbert de Campistron (1656–1723) Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle (1657–1757) Louis (or Jean) de Mailly (1657–1724) Henri de Boulainvilliers (1658–1712) François...

War, adapted from Shakespeare's Henry VI, Part 2 and Part 3 Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle – Aspar Nathaniel Lee Lucius Junius Brutus The Princess of...

left uncompleted by Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle, and was also authorized to submit to the minister, Cardinal André-Hercule de Fleury, the best means...

for Generating Pythagorean Triples Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle (1790) Eloge de Ozanam, Oeuvres de Fontenelle, Tome 6, p 506, link from Internet Archive...