Books and the Sciences in History

Overview

The 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 is the first systematic general work to do justice to the fruits of recent scholarship. The twenty specially-commissioned chapters cover the period from the Carolingian renaissance of learning to the mid-nineteenth-century consolidation of science, and examine all aspects of the authorship, production, distribution, and reception of manuscripts, books and journals in the various sciences.

Details

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Published

2000-11-02

Pages

438

Language

EN

Categories

History / General, History / Europe / General, History / Europe / Renaissance, Literary Criticism / Books & Reading, Reference / General, Science / History, Technology & Engineering / History

ISBN-13

9780521659390