The history of the sciences and the history of the book are complementary, and there has been much recent innovative research in the intersection of these lively fields. This accessibly-written, well-illustrated volume is the first systematic general work to do justice to the fruits of recent scholarship. The twenty specially-commissioned chapters, by an international cast of distinguished scholars, cover the period from the Carolingian renaissance of learning to the mid nineteenth-century consolidation of science. They examine all aspects of the authorship, production, distribution, and reception of manuscripts, books and journals in the various sciences. An editorial introduction surveys the many profitable interactions of the history of the sciences with the history of books. Two afterwords highlight the relevances of this wide-ranging survey to the study of the development of scientific disciplines and to the current predicaments of scientific communication in the electronic age.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
ISBN-13
9780521659390
eBay Product ID (ePID)
87250349
Product Key Features
Author
Nick Jardine, Marina Frasca-Spada
Publication Name
Books and the Sciences in History
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Science, History
Publication Year
2000
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
456 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
248mm
Item Width
176mm
Item Weight
720g
Additional Product Features
Editor
Marina Frasca-Spada, Nick Jardine
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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