Books and the Sciences in History

Examines the intersection between science and books from early medieval times to the nineteenth century.

Sommario

Acknowledgments; Introduction: books and sciences Marina Frasca-Spada and Nick Jardine; Part I. Triumphs of the Book: 1. Books and sciences before print Rosamond McKitterick; 2. Printing the world Jerry Brotton; 3. Geniture collections, origins and uses of a genre Anthony Grafton; 4. Annotating and indexing natural philosophy Ann Blair; 5. Illustrating nature Sachiko Kusukawa; 6. Astronomical books and courtly communication Adam Mosley; 7. Reading for the philosophers' stone Lauren Kassell; 8. Writing and talking of exotic animals Silvia De Renzi; Part II. Learned and Conversable Reading: 9. Compendious footnotes Marina Frasca-Spada; 10. On the bureaucratic plots of the research library William Clark; 11. Encyclopaedic knowledge Richard Yeo; 12. Periodical literature Thomas Broman; 13. Natural philosophy for fashionable readers Mary Terrall; 14. Rococo readings of the book of nature Emma Spary; 15. Young readers and the sciences Aileen Fyfe; 16. The physiology of reading Adrian Johns; Part III. Publication in the Age of Science: 17. A textbook revolution Jonathan Topham; 18. Useful knowledge for export Eugenia Roldàn Vera; 19. Editing a hero of modern science Lisa Jardine and Alan Stewart; 20. Progress in print James Secord; Afterwords: Books, texts, and the making of knowledge Nick Jardine; The past, present, and future of the scientific book Adrian Johns; Notes on contributors.

Riassunto

The history of the sciences and the history of the book are complementary. This accessibly-written, well-illustrated volume, published in 2000, covers the period from the Carolingian renaissance of learning to the mid nineteenth-century, and examines all aspects of the authorship, production, distribution, and reception of manuscripts, books and journals in the various sciences.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Marina Frasca-Spada, Nick Jardine
• Con la collaborazione di: Marina Frasca-Spada (Editore), Marina (University of Cambridge) Frasca-Spada (Editore), Frasca-Spada Marina (Editore), Nicholas Jardine (Editore), Nick Jardine (Editore), Nick (University of Cambridge) Jardine (Editore), Jardine Nick (Editore)
• Editore: Cambridge Academic
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 02.11.2000
• EAN: 9780521659390
• ISBN: 978-0-521-65939-0
• Dimensioni: 176 mm x 248 mm x 24 mm
• Peso: 720 g
• Illustrazioni: 89 b/w illus., Raster, nicht spezifiziert
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Matematica; History of Ideas, Europe, European History, SCIENCE / History, HISTORY / Europe / General, HISTORY / Social History, History of Science, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599