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9780226676517: Science Periodicals in Nineteenth-Century Britain: Constructing Scientific Communities
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ISBN 10 : 022667651X ISBN 13 : 9780226676517
Editeur : University of Chicago Press, 2020

Synopsis

Periodicals played a vital role in the developments in science and medicine that transformed nineteenth-century Britain. Proliferating from a mere handful to many hundreds of titles, they catered to audiences ranging from gentlemanly members of metropolitan societies to working-class participants in local natural history clubs. In addition to disseminating authorized scientific discovery, they fostered a sense of collective identity among their geographically dispersed and often socially disparate readers by facilitating the reciprocal interchange of ideas and information. As such, they offer privileged access into the workings of scientific communities in the period.

The essays in this volume set the historical exploration of the scientific and medical periodicals of the era on a new footing, examining their precise function and role in the making of nineteenth-century science and enhancing our vision of the shifting communities and practices of science in the period. This radical rethinking of the scientific journal offers a new approach to the reconfiguration of the sciences in nineteenth-century Britain and sheds instructive light on contemporary debates about the purpose, practices, and price of scientific journals.

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À propos des auteurs

Gowan Dawson is professor of Victorian literature and culture and director of the Victorian Studies Centre at the University of Leicester. He is coeditor of Victorian Scientific Naturalism, also published by the University of Chicago Press, and is the author of Darwin, Literature and Victorian Respectability.

Jonathan R. Topham is professor of history of science at the University of Leeds, UK.

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Éditeur
University of Chicago Press
Date d'édition
2020
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
022667651X
ISBN 13 
9780226676517
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
424
Éditeur
Dawson Gowan, Lightman Bernard, Shuttleworth Sally, Topham Jonathan R
Coordonnées du fabricant
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