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1. Academie Royale Des Sciences

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   Research Priorities and the 'Blue Light' Hypothesis
   While the Académie addressed a broad spectrum of natural philosophy, its research priorities often reflected the geopolitical interests of Versailles. Astronomy and mathematics were core, especially concerning longitude determination.
   A key, and peculiar, obsession of the mid-17th-century Académie was the nature of color, specifically the inherent blueness of transparent media. Following influential, though ultimately non-falsifiable, doctrines established by certain early mem…