Telling Lives in Science
Essays on Scientific Biography
Herausgeber: Shortland, Michael; Yeo, Richard
Telling Lives in Science
Essays on Scientific Biography
Herausgeber: Shortland, Michael; Yeo, Richard
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Collects together original essays by leading historians of science on the nature and development of scientific biography.
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Collects together original essays by leading historians of science on the nature and development of scientific biography.
Produktdetails
- Produktdetails
- Verlag: Cambridge University Press
- Seitenzahl: 312
- Erscheinungstermin: 31. Juli 2008
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
- Gewicht: 509g
- ISBN-13: 9780521088909
- ISBN-10: 0521088909
- Artikelnr.: 24878910
- Verlag: Cambridge University Press
- Seitenzahl: 312
- Erscheinungstermin: 31. Juli 2008
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
- Gewicht: 509g
- ISBN-13: 9780521088909
- ISBN-10: 0521088909
- Artikelnr.: 24878910
List of contributors
Preface
Introduction Michael Shortland and Richard Yeo
1. Existential projects and existential choice in science: science biography as an edifying genre Thomas Söderqvist
2. Life paths: autobiography, science and the French Revolution Dorinda Outram
3. From science to wisdom: Humphry Davy's life David Knight
4. Robert Boyle and the dilemma of biography in the age of the scientific revolution Michael Hunter
5. Alphabetical lives: scientific biography in historical dictionaries and encyclopedias Richard Yeo
6. The scientist as hero: public images of Michael Faraday Geoffrey Cantor
7. Tactful organising and executive power: biographies of Florence Nightingale for girls Martha Vicinus
8. Taking histories, medical lives: Thomas Beddoes and biography Roy Porter
9. The scientist as patron and patriotic symbol: the changing reputation of Joseph Banks John Gascoigne
10. Metabiographical reflections on Charles Darwin James Moore
Index.
Preface
Introduction Michael Shortland and Richard Yeo
1. Existential projects and existential choice in science: science biography as an edifying genre Thomas Söderqvist
2. Life paths: autobiography, science and the French Revolution Dorinda Outram
3. From science to wisdom: Humphry Davy's life David Knight
4. Robert Boyle and the dilemma of biography in the age of the scientific revolution Michael Hunter
5. Alphabetical lives: scientific biography in historical dictionaries and encyclopedias Richard Yeo
6. The scientist as hero: public images of Michael Faraday Geoffrey Cantor
7. Tactful organising and executive power: biographies of Florence Nightingale for girls Martha Vicinus
8. Taking histories, medical lives: Thomas Beddoes and biography Roy Porter
9. The scientist as patron and patriotic symbol: the changing reputation of Joseph Banks John Gascoigne
10. Metabiographical reflections on Charles Darwin James Moore
Index.
List of contributors
Preface
Introduction Michael Shortland and Richard Yeo
1. Existential projects and existential choice in science: science biography as an edifying genre Thomas Söderqvist
2. Life paths: autobiography, science and the French Revolution Dorinda Outram
3. From science to wisdom: Humphry Davy's life David Knight
4. Robert Boyle and the dilemma of biography in the age of the scientific revolution Michael Hunter
5. Alphabetical lives: scientific biography in historical dictionaries and encyclopedias Richard Yeo
6. The scientist as hero: public images of Michael Faraday Geoffrey Cantor
7. Tactful organising and executive power: biographies of Florence Nightingale for girls Martha Vicinus
8. Taking histories, medical lives: Thomas Beddoes and biography Roy Porter
9. The scientist as patron and patriotic symbol: the changing reputation of Joseph Banks John Gascoigne
10. Metabiographical reflections on Charles Darwin James Moore
Index.
Preface
Introduction Michael Shortland and Richard Yeo
1. Existential projects and existential choice in science: science biography as an edifying genre Thomas Söderqvist
2. Life paths: autobiography, science and the French Revolution Dorinda Outram
3. From science to wisdom: Humphry Davy's life David Knight
4. Robert Boyle and the dilemma of biography in the age of the scientific revolution Michael Hunter
5. Alphabetical lives: scientific biography in historical dictionaries and encyclopedias Richard Yeo
6. The scientist as hero: public images of Michael Faraday Geoffrey Cantor
7. Tactful organising and executive power: biographies of Florence Nightingale for girls Martha Vicinus
8. Taking histories, medical lives: Thomas Beddoes and biography Roy Porter
9. The scientist as patron and patriotic symbol: the changing reputation of Joseph Banks John Gascoigne
10. Metabiographical reflections on Charles Darwin James Moore
Index.