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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…mehr
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
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Autorenporträt
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."
Inhaltsangabe
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
