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The Wiley Blackwell Companion to the History of Science is a single volume companion that discusses the history of science as it is done today, providing a survey of the debates and issues that dominate current scholarly discussion, with contributions from leading international scholars.
* Provides a single-volume overview of current scholarship in the history of science edited by one of the leading figures in the field
* Features forty essays by leading international scholars providing an overview of the key debates and developments in the history of science
* Reflects the shift towards deeper historical contextualization within the field
* Helps communicate and integrate perspectives from the history of science with other areas of historical inquiry
* Includes discussion of non-Western themes which are integrated throughout the chapters
* Divided into four sections based on key analytic categories that reflect new approaches in the field
List of contents
About the Editor viii
About the Contributors ix
Acknowledgements xvi
Introduction 1
Bernard Lightman
1 Historiography of the History of Science 7
Lynn K. Nyhart
Part I Roles 23
2 Learned Man and Woman in Antiquity and the Middle Ages 25
Nathan Sidoli
3 Go-Betweens, Travelers, and Cultural Translators 39
Kapil Raj
4 The Alchemist 58
Tara Nummedal
5 The Natural Philosopher 71
Peter Dear
6 The Natural Historian 84
Kristin Johnson
7 Invisible Technicians, Instrument Makers, and Artisans 97
Iwan Rhys Morus
8 Scientific illustrators 111
Valérie Chansigaud
9 The Human Experimental Subject 126
Anita Guerrini
10 Amateurs 139
Katherine Pandora
11 The Man of Science 153
Paul White
12 The Professional Scientist 164
Cyrus C. M. Mody
Part II Places and Spaces 179
13 The Medieval University 181
Steven J. Livesey
14 The Observatory 196
Robert W. Smith
15 The Court 210
Bruce T. Moran
16 Academies and Societies 224
Denise Phillips
17 Museums and Botanical Gardens 238
Lukas Rieppel
18 Domestic Space 252
Donald L. Opitz
19 Commercial Science 268
Paul Lucier
20 The Field 282
Robert E. Kohler and Jeremy Vetter
21 The Laboratory 296
Catherine M. Jackson
22 Modern School and University 310
Heike Jöns
Part III Communication 329
23 Manuscripts 331
Joyce van Leeuwen
24 The Printing Press 344
Nick Wilding
25 Correspondence Networks 358
Brian Ogilvie
26 Translations 372
Marwa Elshakry and Carla Nappi
27 Journals and Periodicals 387
Aileen Fyfe
28 Textbooks 400
Josep Simon
29 Lectures 414
Diarmid A. Finnegan
30 Film, Radio, and Television 428
David A. Kirby
Part IV Tools of Science 443
31 Timing Devices 445
Rory McEvoy
32 Weights and Measures 459
Hector Vera
33 Calculating Devices and Computers 472
Matthew L. Jones
34 Specimens and Collections 488
Mary E. Sunderland
35 Recording Devices 500
Jimena Canales
36 Microscopes 515
Boris Jardine
37 Telescopes 530
Jim Bennett
38 Prisms, Spectroscopes, Spectrographs, and Gratings 543
Klaus Hentschel
39 Diagrams 557
Charlotte Bigg
40 Three Dimensional Models 572
Joshua Nall and Liba Taub
Index 587
About the author
Bernard Lightman is Professor of Humanities at York University, Toronto, Canada. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, former Editor of the journal
Isis, and Vice-President and President Elect of the History of Science Society. Professor Lightman has published over 50 articles and is author of
The Origins of Agnosticism (1987) and
Victorian Popularizers of Science (2007). He is also editor or co-editor of several collections,
Victorian Science in Context (1997),
Science in the Marketplace (2007), and
Victorian Scientific Naturalism (2014). In addition, he is the series editor of "Science and Culture in the Nineteenth Century."
