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.
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.
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.
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.
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