Author: John NeuPublisher:
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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 504
Book Description
Isis Cumulative Bibliography 1986-1995
Author: John NeuIsis Cumulative Bibliography 1986-1995: Time periods: 19th and 20th centuries. Book reviews
Author: John NeuPublisher: Science History Publications/USA
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 764
Book Description
Isis Cumulative Bibliography 1986-1995: Subjects. Time periods: Antiquity through 18th century
Author: John NeuPublisher: Science History Publications/USA
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 648
Book Description
Bibliography of the History of Medicine
Author: The History and Poetics of Scientific Biography
Author: Thomas SöderqvistPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317028902
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 287
Book Description
Biographies of scientists carry an increasingly prominent role in today's publishing climate. Traditional historical and sociological accounts of science are complemented by narratives that emphasize the importance of the scientific subject in the production of science. Not least is the realization that the role of science in culture is much more accessible when presented through the lives of its practitioners. Taken as a genre, such biographies play an important role in the public understanding of science. In recent years there has been an increasing number of monographs and collections about biography in general and literary biography in particular. However, biographies of scientists, engineers and medical doctors have rarely been the topic of scholarly inquiry. As such this volume of essays will be welcomed by those interested in the genre of science biography, and who wish to re-examine its history, foundational problems and theoretical implications. Borrowing approaches and methods from cultural studies and the history, philosophy and sociology of science, the contributions cover a broad range of subjects, periods and locations. By presenting such a rich diversity of essays, the volume is able to chart the reoccurring conceptual problems and devices that have influenced scientific biographies from classical antiquity to the present day. In so doing it provides a compelling overview of the history of the genre, suggesting that the different valuations given scientific biography over time have been largely fuelled by vested professional interests.
Historical Abstracts
Author: Eric H. BoehmPublisher:
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Category : History, Modern
Languages : en
Pages : 450
Book Description
Thornton and Tully's Scientific Books, Libraries and Collectors
Author: Andrew HunterPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351878956
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 443
Book Description
In the 25 years since the last edition of Thornton and Tully’s Scientific Books, Libraries and Collectors was published, scientific publishing has mushroomed, developed new forms, and the academic discipline and popular appreciation of the history of science have grown apace. This fourth edition discusses these changes and ponders the implications of developments in publishing at the end of the twentieth century, while concentrating its gaze upon the dissemination of scientific ideas and knowledge from Antiquity to the industrial age. In this shift of focus it departs from previous editions, and for the first time a chapter on Islamic science is included. Recurrent themes in several of the ten essays in the present volume are the definition of ’science’ itself, and its transmutation by publishing media and the social context. Two essays on the collecting of scientific books provide a counterpoint, and the book is grounded on a rigorous chapter on bibliographies. The timely publication of Scientific Books, Libraries and Collectors comes at the coincidence of the advent of electronic publishing and the millennium, a dramatic moment at which to take stock.
Cumulated Index Medicus
Author: Isis Cumulative Bibliography
Author: Magda WhitrowPublisher:
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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 786
Book Description
A three volume index by personality, institution and subject to the critical bibliographies on the history of science published in ISIS from 1913 to 1965. References in the bibliographies are to items in books, journals, reports, documents, etc. An excellent starting point for researching a topic in the history of science.
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