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EAN: 9780521433235. autobiography, science and the French Revolution Dorinda Outram. Alphabetical lives. science biography as an edifying genre Thomas SÃ?¶derqvist. Existential projects and existential choice in science. img{max-width:100%}Telling Lives in Science: Essays on Scientific BiographyCambridge University PressHardcoverUnused and unread, minor cosmetic imperfections such as scuffing or minor creasing. Stamped 'damaged' by publisher to a non-text page.EAN: 9780521433235Published 27/06/1996Language: EnglishImages of scientists and ideas about science are often communicated to the public through historic biographies of eminent scientists, yet there has been little study of the development of scientific biography. Telling Lives brings together a collection of original essays by leading historians of science, several of them biographers, which explore for the first time the nature and development of scientific biography and its importance in forming our ideas about what scientists do, how science works, and why scientific biography remains popular. Theoretical and historical studies range from the seventeenth to the twentieth century, concentrating on such icons as Michael Faraday, Charles Darwin, Humphry Davy, Florence Nightingale and Sir Joseph Banks. With its broad sweep and careful, imaginative scholarship, this volume provides a timely and challenging examination of an important aspect of the culture of science that will be of special interest to historians of science, academics and students, and the general reader interested in the popularization of science.List of contributorsPrefaceIntroduction Michael Shortland and Richard Yeo1. Existential projects and existential choice in sciencescience biography as an edifying genre Thomas SÃ?¶derqvist2. Life pathsautobiography, science and the French Revolution Dorinda Outram3. From science to wisdomHumphry Davy's life David Knight4. Robert Boyle and the dilemma of biography in the age of the scientific revolution Michael Hunter5. Alphabetical livesscientific biography in historical dictionaries and encyclopedias Richard Yeo6. The scientist as heropublic images of Michael Faraday Geoffrey Cantor7. Tactful organising and executive powerbiographies of Florence Nightingale for girls Martha Vicinus8. Taking histories, medical livesThomas Beddoes and biography Roy Porter9. The scientist as patron and patriotic symbolthe changing reputation of Joseph Banks John Gascoigne10. Metabiographical reflections on Charles Darwin James MooreIndex. DispatchIn stock here - same-day dispatch from England. My SKU: 3275810RefundsNo-hassle refunds are always available if your book is not as expected.Terms and Conditions of SaleSorry - no collections. All sales are subject to extended Terms and Conditions of Sale as well as the Return Policy and Payment Instructions. Visit my eBay Store for details andmany more books. Template layout and design, "JNC Academic Books", "needbooks", Copyright © JNC INC. Designated trademarks, layouts and brands are the property of their respective owners. All Rights Reserved., Neuwertig, Festpreisangebot, [LT: FixedPrice], Title: Telling Lives in Science: Essays on Scientific Biography, Pages: 310, Publication Year: 1996, Type: Textbook, Format: Hardcover, Publication Name: Telling Lives in Science: Essays on Scientific Biography, Item Height: 235mm, Item Width: 157mm, Subject: Science, Item Weight: 698g, Number of Pages: 310 Pages, Cambridge University Press<
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Images of scientists and ideas about science are often communicated to the public through historic biographies of eminent scientists, yet there has been little study of the development of scientific biography. Telling Lives brings together a collection of original essays by leading historians of science, several of them biographers, which explore for the first time the nature and development of scientific biography and its importance in forming our ideas about what scientists do, how science works, and why scientific biography remains popular. Theoretical and historical studies range from the seventeenth to the twentieth century, concentrating on such icons as Michael Faraday, Charles Darwin, Humphry Davy, Florence Nightingale and Sir Joseph Banks. With its broad sweep and careful, imaginative scholarship, this volume provides a timely and challenging examination of an important aspect of the culture of science that will be of special interest to historians of science, academics and students, and the general reader interested in the popularization of science. | Telling Lives In Science by Michael Shortland Hardcover | Indigo Chapters Books > Science & Nature > Science > History & Philosophy P10117, Michael Shortland<
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