'Devant le Deluge' and Other Essays on Early Modern Scientific Communication
World of Books
The feel-good place to buy books
'Devant le Deluge' and Other Essays on Early Modern Scientific Communication by David A Kronick
For more than forty years, librarians and others have come to rely upon David Kronick's knowledge and expertise of the history and development of scientific journals. His writings have blazed a trail through the uncharted territory of scientific serial publishing. This volume brings together for the first time a collection of fifteen articles that discuss particular aspects of scientific communication from the early days of its ascendancy, 'before the information explosion.' The essays examine topics such as editorial policy in the early journals, the economic side of scientific publishing in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, aspects of journal indexing, early modern scientific networks, and the issues of authorship and authority. The whole constitutes a body of work that reveals both the richness and scope for further inquiry that has motivated Kronick for decades. All are topics that librarians as well as students and scholars in the philosophy of science, the sociology of science, the history of science, and the rhetoric of science will be certain to find enlightening and inspiring.
Fifteen readable essays examine topics such as editorial policy in the early journals, the economic side of scientific publishing in the 17th and 18th centuries, aspects of journal indexing, early modern scientific networks, and the issues of authorship and authorityThe whole constitutes a body of work that reveals both the richness and scope for further inquiry that has motivated Kronick for decades. * Wordtrade.Com *
...collects 15 essays, many previously published in various journals between 1960 and 1994, that explore aspects of scientific journalism in the 17th and 18th centuries, before the "deluge" known as the information revolution....discusses such topics as the indexing of early scientific periodicals, authorship and authority, bibliographic dispersion of periodicals, medical publishing societies in Early Modern Britain, economic aspects of scientific journalism, and scientific networks of letter writing. * Reference and Research Book News *
...collects 15 essays, many previously published in various journals between 1960 and 1994, that explore aspects of scientific journalism in the 17th and 18th centuries, before the "deluge" known as the information revolution....discusses such topics as the indexing of early scientific periodicals, authorship and authority, bibliographic dispersion of periodicals, medical publishing societies in Early Modern Britain, economic aspects of scientific journalism, and scientific networks of letter writing. * Reference and Research Book News *
David Kronick has been involved in studying these issues since he wrote his dissertation at the University of Chicago in 1956. He has spent the major part of his career working in University Medical Libraries and the National Library of medicine, and has had many opportunities to travel abroad to visit other libraries in the United Kingdom and on the continent.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780810850033 |
| ISBN 10 | 0810850036 |
| Title | 'Devant le Deluge' and Other Essays on Early Modern Scientific Communication |
| Author | David A Kronick |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Scarecrow Press |
| Year published | 2004-07-07 |
| Number of pages | 346 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |