A companion to the history of science / edited by Bernard Lightman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lightman, Bernard V., 1950- editor.

Series:

Wiley Blackwell companions to world history.

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Wiley Blackwell Companions to World History

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Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Science--Historiography.

Science.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (620 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chichester, England : Wiley-Blackwell, 2016.

Language Note:

English

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Summary:

"Over the last thirty-five years, the study of the history of science has undergone a shift in historiographical approach. While scholars previously focused on the history of abstract scientific discoveries by key figures like Galileo and Newton, contemporary science historians are turning to focus on richer, more descriptive studies within specific and local contexts. A Companion to the History of Science captures this move away from abstract theories and into more intimate analysis of science in its cultural, political, and social contexts. It aims to survey recent developments that have resulted from the effort to re-envision the field. The volume includes forty original essays written by experts in the field, structured around four analytical categories: the roles, places and spaces, communication, and tools of science. Contributors cut across traditional chronological and geographical boundaries to provide thematic analysis of these topics, including discussion of both Western and non-Western themes throughout the volume. These critical essays synthesize the major debates and issues that dominate current scholarly discussion, and point the way for future inquiry"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Historiography of the history of science / Lynn Nyhart

Learned man and woman in antiquity and the Middle Ages / Nathan Sidoli

Go-betweens, travelers, and cultural translators / Kapil Raj

The alchemist / Tara Nummedal

The natural philosopher / Peter Dear

The natural historian / Kristin Johnson

Invisible technicians, instrument makers, and artisans / Iwan Rhys Morus

Scientific illustrators / Valérie Chansigaud

The human experimental subject / Anita Guerrini

Amateurs / Katherine Pandora

The man of science / Paul White

The professional scientist / Cyrus C. M. Mody

The medieval university / Steven J. Livesey

The observatory / Robert W. Smith

The court / Bruce T. Moran

Academies and societies / Denise Phillips

Museums and botanical gardens / Lukas Rieppel

Domestic space / Donald L. Opitz

Commercial science / Paul Lucier

The field / Robert Kohler and Jeremy Vetter

The laboratory / Catherine M. Jackson

Modern school and university / Heike Jens

Manuscripts / Joyce van Leeuwen

The printing press / Nick Wilding

Correspondence networks / Brian Ogilvie

Translations / Marwa Elshakry and Carla Nappi

Journals and periodicals / Aileen Fyfe

Textbooks / Josep Simon

Lectures / Diarmid A. Finnegan

Film, radio, and television / David A. Kirby

Timing devices / Rory McEvoy

Weights and measures / Hector Vera

Calculating devices and computers / Matthew L. Jones

Specimens and collections / Mary E. Sunderland

Recording devices / Jimena Canales

Microscopes / Boris Jardine

Telescopes / Jim Bennett

Prisms, spectroscopes, spectrographs, and gratings / Klaus Hentschel

Diagrams / Charlotte Bigg

Three dimensional models / Joshua Nall and Liba Taub.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-118-62075-5

1-78684-609-8

1-118-62065-8

1-118-62077-1

1-118-62074-7

OCLC:

926106013