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Loath to print : the reluctant scientific author, 1500-1750 / Nicole Howard.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2022Description: 1 online resource (x, 218 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781421443690
  • 1421443694
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 070.5 23
LOC classification:
  • Z286.S4 H7278 2022
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction. "A Vast Ocean of Books" -- 1 Authorial Attitudes toward Print -- 2 "To the Unprejudiced Reader": The Rhetoric of Prefaces in Early Modern Science -- 3 The Controlled Distribution of Scientific Works -- 4 "A True and Ingenious Discovery": New Print Technologies and the Sciences -- 5 Silent Midwives: The Role of Editors in Early Modern Science -- Conclusion. Reluctance Overcome -- Notes -- Index.
Summary: Scholars of the early modern period and the history of the book, as well as those interested in communication and technology studies, will find this an accessible and engaging look at the complexities of sharing scientific ideas in this rich period.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction. "A Vast Ocean of Books" -- 1 Authorial Attitudes toward Print -- 2 "To the Unprejudiced Reader": The Rhetoric of Prefaces in Early Modern Science -- 3 The Controlled Distribution of Scientific Works -- 4 "A True and Ingenious Discovery": New Print Technologies and the Sciences -- 5 Silent Midwives: The Role of Editors in Early Modern Science -- Conclusion. Reluctance Overcome -- Notes -- Index.

Scholars of the early modern period and the history of the book, as well as those interested in communication and technology studies, will find this an accessible and engaging look at the complexities of sharing scientific ideas in this rich period.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 08, 2022).

WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 050

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