Low Price Guarantee
We Take School POs
'Devant le Deluge' and Other Essays on Early Modern Scientific Communication
Contributor(s): Kronick, David A. (Author)

View larger image

ISBN: 0810850036     ISBN-13: 9780810850033
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
OUR PRICE: $127.05  

Binding Type: Paperback
Published: July 2004
Qty:

Annotation: 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 authority. The whole constitutes a body of work that reveals both the richness and scope for further inquiry that has motivated Kronick for decades.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Language Arts & Disciplines | Journalism
- Science | Essays
- Science | History
Dewey: 070.449
LCCN: 2003024607
Physical Information: 1.06" H x 6.24" W x 8.96" L (1.18 lbs) 346 pages
Features: Bibliography, Index
 
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.
Publisher Description:
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.
 
Customer ReviewsSubmit your own review
 
To tell a friend about this book, you must Sign In First!