ABSTRACT
Adolphe Ganot (1804–87) published two physics textbooks in Paris that went into a large number of successive editions in France and other countries through translation into Spanish, English and other languages. During the second half of the nineteenth century, these made a decisive contribution to physics and its teaching on an international scale. 2 Ganot’s motivations as an author and publisher were driven by his position as a teacher preparing mainly medical students for the baccalauréat-ès-sciences examination and his earlier involvement in courses for artisans organized by the Association Philotechnique.
