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Author : Anonim
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : STANFORD:36105005200709
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1204274157
Author : Stanford University. Libraries. Department of Special Collections,Henry Lowood
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Science
ISBN : UOM:39015011525642
Author : Owen Gingerich
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2022-05-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004502611
The Annotated Census lists and describes - on the basis of direct examination - all of the 560 located copies of the first and second editions of Copernicus' De revolutionibus orbium coelestium that survive in North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia, as well as several copies of known provenance destroyed, stolen or otherwise lost in modern times. The entry for each copy lists its present location and describes particulars of its binding, size, and any shelf marks. A short history is given of the provenance of each copy, wherever possible with identification of owners and dates of ownership. Marginalia and interlinear notes are also indicated together with transcription and translation of the more important ones. The content of the more significant notes is discussed (with reference to the modern literature), analyses that sometimes develop into substantial essays. Numerous plates show examples of the handwriting of the major annotators. Appendices list the other works bound with De revolutionibus, and prices at auction going back to the 18th century. The density and quality of the data provided about the copies make this a fascinating reference work not only for scholars interested in the history of astronomy but especially for all those interested in printing in the early modern period. The census will also provide an almost inexhaustible mine of information concerning the spread of ideas, scholarly networks, book collecting, and library development from the 17th to 20th centuries.
Author : Aaron Sidney Wright
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 425 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2024-03-11
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780190062804
Across decades and disciplines, More than Nothing offers a scoping history of the vacuum as a lens into the development of modern physics.
Author : David H. Stam
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 1086 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2001-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781136777851
Following the format of Fitzroy Dearborn's highly successful International Dictionary of Historic Places and International Dictionary of University Histories, the International Dictionary of Library Histories provides basic information for each institution - location and holdings - followed by an extensive (1,000-5,000 word) essay on its history as well as a Further Reading list. In addition, the dictionary includes introductory articles on the history of various types of libraries and a library history in various regions of the world. The dictionary profiles more than 200 institutions from around the world, including the world's most important research libraries and other libraries with globally or regionally notable collections, innovative traditions, and significant and interesting histories. The essays take advantage of the growing scholarship of library history to provide insightful overviews of each institution, including not only the traditional values of these libraries but their innovations as well, such as developments in automated systems and electronic delivery. The profiles will emphasize the unique materials of research in these institutions - archives, manuscripts, personal and institutional papers. The introductory articles on types of libraries include topics ranging from theological libraries to prison libraries, from the ancient to the digital. An international team of more than 200 leading scholars in the field have contributed essays to the project.
Author : David M. Stewart Museum,Lewis Pyenson,Jean-François Gauvin
Publisher : Les éditions du Septentrion
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Physics
ISBN : 9782894483206
Author : Michael John Gorman
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2020-09-17
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781350091979
Jesuit engagement with natural philosophy during the late 16th and early 17th centuries transformed the status of the mathematical disciplines and propelled members of the Order into key areas of controversy in relation to Aristotelianism. Through close investigation of the activities of the Jesuit 'school' of mathematics founded by Christoph Clavius, The Scientific Counter-Revolution examines the Jesuit connections to the rise of experimental natural philosophy and the emergence of the early scientific societies. Arguing for a re-evaluation of the role of Jesuits in shaping early modern science, this book traces the evolution of the Collegio Romano as a hub of knowledge. Starting with an examination of Clavius's Counter-Reformation agenda for mathematics, Michael John Gorman traces the development of a collective Jesuit approach to experimentation and observation under Christopher Grienberger and analyses the Jesuit role in the Galileo Affair and the vacuum debate. Ending with a discussion of the transformation of the Collegio Romano under Athanasius Kircher into a place of curiosity and wonder and the centre of a global information gathering network, this book reveals how the Counter-Reformation goals of the Jesuits contributed to the shaping of modern experimental science.
Author : Daniel Stolzenberg,Stanford University. Libraries
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Civilization, Baroque
ISBN : STANFORD:36105116273223
Author : Stanford University. Libraries
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 558 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105063880277
Author : Lynn Gamwell
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2020-03-17
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780691191058
How science changed the way artists understand reality Exploring the Invisible shows how modern art expresses the first secular, scientific worldview in human history. Now fully revised and expanded, this richly illustrated book describes two hundred years of scientific discoveries that inspired French Impressionist painters and Art Nouveau architects, as well as Surrealists in Europe, Latin America, and Japan. Lynn Gamwell describes how the microscope and telescope expanded the artist's vision into realms unseen by the naked eye. In the nineteenth century, a strange and exciting world came into focus, one of microorganisms in a drop of water and spiral nebulas in the night sky. The world is also filled with forces that are truly unobservable, known only indirectly by their effects—radio waves, X-rays, and sound-waves. Gamwell shows how artists developed the pivotal style of modernism—abstract, non-objective art—to symbolize these unseen worlds. Starting in Germany with Romanticism and ending with international contemporary art, she traces the development of the visual arts as an expression of the scientific worldview in which humankind is part of a natural web of dynamic forces without predetermined purpose or meaning. Gamwell reveals how artists give nature meaning by portraying it as mysterious, dangerous, or beautiful. With a foreword by Neil deGrasse Tyson and a wealth of stunning images, this expanded edition of Exploring the Invisible draws on the latest scholarship to provide a global perspective on the scientists and artists who explore life on Earth, human consciousness, and the space-time universe.
Author : John L. Heilbron
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 994 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2003-02-14
Category : Science
ISBN : 0195112296
Containing 609 encyclopedic articles written by more than 200 prominent scholars, The Oxford Companion to the History of Modern Science presents an unparalleled history of the field invaluable to anyone with an interest in the technology, ideas, discoveries, and learned institutions that have shaped our world over the past five centuries. Focusing on the period from the Renaissance to the early twenty-first century, the articles cover all disciplines (Biology, Alchemy, Behaviorism), historical periods (the Scientific Revolution, World War II, the Cold War), concepts (Hypothesis, Space and Time, Ether), and methodologies and philosophies (Observation and Experiment, Darwinism). Coverage is international, tracing the spread of science from its traditional centers and explaining how the prevailing knowledge of non-Western societies has modified or contributed to the dominant global science as it is currently understood. Revealing the interplay between science and the wider culture, the Companion includes entries on topics such as minority groups, art, religion, and science's practical applications. One hundred biographies of the most iconic historic figures, chosen for their contributions to science and the interest of their lives, are also included. Above all The Oxford Companion to the History of Modern Science is a companion to world history: modern in coverage, generous in breadth, and cosmopolitan in scope. The volume's utility is enhanced by a thematic outline of the entire contents, a thorough system of cross-referencing, and a detailed index that enables the reader to follow a specific line of inquiry along various threads from multiple starting points. Each essay has numerous suggestions for further reading, all of which favor literature that is accessible to the general reader, and a bibliographical essay provides a general overview of the scholarship in the field. Lastly, as a contribution to the visual appeal of the Companion, over 100 black-and-white illustrations and an eight-page color section capture the eye and spark the imagination.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105112602045
Author : Andrew Hunter
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 443 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2016-12-05
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781351878951
In the 25 years since the last edition of Thornton and Tully’s Scientific Books, Libraries and Collectors was published, scientific publishing has mushroomed, developed new forms, and the academic discipline and popular appreciation of the history of science have grown apace. This fourth edition discusses these changes and ponders the implications of developments in publishing at the end of the twentieth century, while concentrating its gaze upon the dissemination of scientific ideas and knowledge from Antiquity to the industrial age. In this shift of focus it departs from previous editions, and for the first time a chapter on Islamic science is included. Recurrent themes in several of the ten essays in the present volume are the definition of ’science’ itself, and its transmutation by publishing media and the social context. Two essays on the collecting of scientific books provide a counterpoint, and the book is grounded on a rigorous chapter on bibliographies. The timely publication of Scientific Books, Libraries and Collectors comes at the coincidence of the advent of electronic publishing and the millennium, a dramatic moment at which to take stock.
Author : Stanford University. Libraries
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Academic libraries
ISBN : STANFORD:36105063916741
