Dutch messengers : a history of science publishing, 1930-1980 / by Cornelis D. Andriesse.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Andriesse, Cornelis Dirk.

Series:

Library of the written word ; 7.

Library of the written word. Industrial world ; v. 1.

Library of the written word, 1874-4834 ; v. 7. The industrial world ; v. 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Science publishing--Netherlands--History--20th century.

Science publishing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (328 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this pioneering work, based upon interviews with many of the surviving protagonists, Cornelis ('Cees') Andriesse tells the story of the role that Dutch publishing houses played in the rise of English language commercial science publishing after the Second World War, that was preceded by the decline of science publishing in German. Using the existing literature as well as many privately held archival sources, the author follows the fortunes of the leading publishers, Martinus Nijhoff, Elsevier and North Holland while also briefly discussing smaller houses like Dr. W. Junk and Reidel. The book contains lively portraits of the main characters involved and will no doubt stimulate further research and discussion of the role of publishing in the history of science. The authors’ main thesis that successful publishing requires a strong, fruitful partnership between an academic publisher and an academic editor, will no doubt convince most readers. This is a great book on the most productive friendships and partnerships in the history of science publishing.

Contents:

On science publishing

The publisher of Huygens and Lorentz

Quest for the lingua franca

German scenes

Two scenes from 1942

A letter and three scenes from 1938

Two and a half scenes from 1933

Elsevier's venture

Encyclopedia of organic chemistry

Little Beilstein

Book of health

Biochimica et biophysica acta

Frank and his "North-Holland"

Choice for physics

Monographs on theoretical and applied physics

Quest for journal editors

Beyond physics

Excerpta medica

Biological publications

Philosophical diversions

The Associated Scientific Publishers

Dissolution of boundaries

The integration

Saturation

Towards the Internet revolution.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-271) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-40008-8

9786612400087

90-474-2415-8

OCLC:

567547803

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004170841.i-284 DOI