A Companion to the History of Science
Blackwell Companions to World History
1. Edition March 2016
618 Pages, Hardcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
The Wiley Blackwell Companion to the History of Science is a single volume companion that discusses the history of science as it is done today, providing a survey of the debates and issues that dominate current scholarly discussion, with contributions from leading international scholars.
* Provides a single-volume overview of current scholarship in the history of science edited by one of the leading figures in the field
* Features forty essays by leading international scholars providing an overview of the key debates and developments in the history of science
* Reflects the shift towards deeper historical contextualization within the field
* Helps communicate and integrate perspectives from the history of science with other areas of historical inquiry
* Includes discussion of non-Western themes which are integrated throughout the chapters
* Divided into four sections based on key analytic categories that reflect new approaches in the field
About the Contributors
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Bernard Lightman
1. Historiography of the History of Science
Lynn Nyhart
PART 1 ROLES
2. Learned Man and Woman in Antiquity and the Middle Ages
Nathan Sidoli
3. Go-Betweens, Travelers, and Cultural Translators
Kapil Raj
4. The Alchemist
Tara Nummedal
5. The Natural Philosopher
Peter Dear
6. The Natural Historian
Kristin Johnson
7. Invisible Technicians, Instrument Makers, and Artisans
Iwan Rhys Morus
8. Scientific illustrators
Valérie Chansigaud
9. The Human Experimental Subject
Anita Guerrini
10. Amateurs
Katherine Pandora
11. The Man of Science
Paul White
12. The Professional Scientist
Cyrus C. M. Mody
PART II PLACES AND SPACES
13. The Medieval University
Steven J. Livesey
14. The Observatory
Robert W. Smith
15. The Court
Bruce T. Moran
16. Academies and Societies
Denise Phillips
17. Museums and Botanical Gardens
Lukas Rieppel
18. Domestic Space
Donald L. Opitz
19. Commercial Science
Paul Lucier
20. The Field
Robert Kohler and Jeremy Vetter
21. The Laboratory
Catherine M. Jackson
22. Modern School and University
Heike Jöns
PART III COMMUNICATION
23. Manuscripts
Joyce van Leeuwen
24. The Printing Press
Nick Wilding
25. Correspondence Networks
Brian Ogilvie
26. Translations
Marwa Elshakry and Carla Nappi
27. Journals and Periodicals
Aileen Fyfe
28. Textbooks
Josep Simon
29. Lectures
Diarmid A. Finnegan
30. Film, Radio, and Television
David A. Kirby
PART IV "TOOLS" OF SCIENCE
31. Timing Devices
Rory McEvoy
32. Weights and Measures
Hector Vera
33. Calculating Devices and Computers
Matthew L. Jones
34. Specimens and Collections
Mary E. Sunderland
35. Recording Devices
Jimena Canales
36. Microscopes
Boris Jardine
37. Telescopes
Jim Bennett
38. Prisms, Spectroscopes, Spectrographs, and Gratings
Klaus Hentschel
39. Diagrams
Charlotte Bigg
40. Three Dimensional Models
Joshua Nall and Liba Taub
Index
