{"product_id":"books-and-the-sciences-in-history-paperback-9780521659390","title":"Books and the Sciences in History (Paperback) 9780521659390","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eBooks and the Sciences in History\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book, published in 2000, examines the intersection between science and books from early medieval times to the nineteenth century.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMarina Frasca-Spada (Edited by), Nick Jardine (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521659390, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 2 November 2000\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e456 pages, 89 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e24.8 x 17.6 x 2.4 cm, 0.72 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'… timely … builds on distinguished studies in book history … a substantial, innovative and stimulating assessment … wide ranging, challenging and always thoughtful … Books and the Sciences in History is an authoritative, learned, and thoroughly readable analysis that surely marks a milestone in the way we approach our subject.' Medical History\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe history of the sciences and the history of the book are complementary, and there has been much recent innovative research in the intersection of these lively fields. This accessibly-written, well-illustrated volume, published in 2000, was the first systematic general work to do justice to the fruits of recent scholarship. The twenty specially-commissioned chapters, by an international cast of distinguished scholars, cover the period from the Carolingian renaissance of learning to the mid nineteenth-century consolidation of science. They examine all aspects of the authorship, production, distribution, and reception of manuscripts, books and journals in the various sciences. An editorial introduction surveys the many profitable interactions of the history of the sciences with the history of books. Two afterwords highlight the relevances of this wide-ranging survey to the study of the development of scientific disciplines and to the predicaments of scientific communication in the electronic age.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: books and sciences Marina Frasca-Spada and Nick Jardine\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Triumphs of the Book: 1. Books and sciences before print Rosamond McKitterick\u003cbr\u003e 2. Printing the world Jerry Brotton\u003cbr\u003e 3. Geniture collections, origins and uses of a genre Anthony Grafton\u003cbr\u003e 4. Annotating and indexing natural philosophy Ann Blair\u003cbr\u003e 5. Illustrating nature Sachiko Kusukawa\u003cbr\u003e 6. Astronomical books and courtly communication Adam Mosley\u003cbr\u003e 7. Reading for the philosophers' stone Lauren Kassell\u003cbr\u003e 8. Writing and talking of exotic animals Silvia De Renzi\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Learned and Conversable Reading: 9. Compendious footnotes Marina Frasca-Spada\u003cbr\u003e 10. On the bureaucratic plots of the research library William Clark\u003cbr\u003e 11. Encyclopaedic knowledge Richard Yeo\u003cbr\u003e 12. Periodical literature Thomas Broman\u003cbr\u003e 13. Natural philosophy for fashionable readers Mary Terrall\u003cbr\u003e 14. Rococo readings of the book of nature Emma Spary\u003cbr\u003e 15. Young readers and the sciences Aileen Fyfe\u003cbr\u003e 16. The physiology of reading Adrian Johns\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Publication in the Age of Science: 17. A textbook revolution Jonathan Topham\u003cbr\u003e 18. Useful knowledge for export Eugenia Roldàn Vera\u003cbr\u003e 19. Editing a hero of modern science Lisa Jardine and Alan Stewart\u003cbr\u003e 20. Progress in print James Secord\u003cbr\u003e Afterwords: Books, texts, and the making of knowledge Nick Jardine\u003cbr\u003e The past, present, and future of the scientific book Adrian Johns\u003cbr\u003e Notes on contributors.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Early modern history: c 1450\/1500 to c 1700 [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Early modern history: c 1450\/1500 to c 1700\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Early%20modern%20history:%20c%201450\/1500%20to%20c%201700%20%5BHBLH%5D%22\"\u003eHBLH\u003c\/a\u003e], European history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on European history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22European%20history%20%5BHBJD%5D%22\"\u003eHBJD\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45913090851096,"sku":"9780521659390","price":46.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521659390i_1e3fc6a0-64f6-44d6-b760-3513fb8338f7.jpg?v=1691379610","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/books-and-the-sciences-in-history-paperback-9780521659390","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}