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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Rubrique de classement : [Correspondance (multilingue). 1759-1789]
Titre(s) : For the love of science [Texte imprimé] : the correspondance of J. H. de Magellan (1722-1790) / Roderick W. Home, Isabel M. Malaquias & Manuel F. Thomas (eds.)
Édition : 1st, New ed.
Publication : Bern : Peter Lang, copyright 2017
Description matérielle : 2 vol. (2002 p.) : ill. ; 23 cm
Note(s) : Les lettres sont en français, anglais ou portugais
From his base in late eighteenth-century London, J. H. de Magellan corresponded with
leading scientists and others in many parts of Europe, informing them of developments
in British science and technology in the early years of the Industrial and Agricultural
Revolutions. Intelligent, ingenious and interested in everything going on around him,
Magellan was deeply committed to the Enlightenment view that the benefits flowing
from human ingenuity should be made available to all mankind. Well connected both
socially and within the scientific community, he made it his business to keep himself
well informed about the latest advances in science and technology, and to pass on
what he learned. In this remarkable correspondence, the metaphorical Republic of Letters
becomes real, offering us a fascinating new view of pan-European intellectual and
scientific life. Major themes are developments in scientific instrumentation and in
chemistry, and the spread of steam-engine technology from England to the rest of Europe.
Ranging from Stockholm and St Petersburg to Spain, Portugal and Philadelphia, the
list of Magellan's correspondents is a roll-call of the scientific luminaries of the
age ; «This is a work of outstanding value to anyone engaged in the history of science
in Europe in the second half of the eighteenth century.»(Jim Bennett, ISIS 109/4 2018)«Despite
the challenges, the result is a conspicuously balanced collection that offers everything
we might look for in a collected correspondence. The notes are authoritative and unfussy,
and the transcriptions (accompanied by English transla-tions of letters in languages
other than English or French) meticulous. Where let-ters have appeared in other places,
the editors have included them and added signifi-cant value by a systematic return
to the originals. They have done so, very properly, in the interests of completeness
and enduring long-term value. [...] Complementarity of this kind presents an attractive
way forward. But it does not undermine the special virtues of print editions, including
ease of use, the proven longevity of the product, and the focus that comes with the
comprehensive coverage of an individual's correspondence in a single work. Add to
that the insightful, pains-taking scholarship that Roderick Home, Isabel Malaquias,
and Manuel Thomaz have brought to bear on Magellan and his world, and you have here
a model of the genre for which generations of scholars to come will have every reason
to be profoundly grateful.»(Robert Fox, Metascience 27/2018)..
Autre(s) auteur(s) : Magalhães, João Jacinto de (1722-1790)
Home, Roderick Weir (1939-....). Éditeur scientifique
Malaquias, Isabel. Éditeur scientifique
Thomaz, Manuel F.. Éditeur scientifique
Sujet(s) : Magalhães, João Jacinto de (1722-1790)
Sciences -- 18e siècle
Genre ou forme : Correspondance
Indice(s) Dewey :
509.033 (23e éd.) = Sciences naturelles et mathématiques - 1700-1799
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 978-3-0343-3716-8 (Vol. 1). - ISBN 978-3-0343-3717-5 (Vol. 2) (rel.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb47486250b
Notice n° :
FRBNF47486250
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