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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Baldwin, Melinda (1981-....)
Titre(s) : Making Nature [Texte imprimé] : the history of a scientific journal / Melinda Baldwin
Publication : Chicago : University of Chicago press, cop. 2015
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (309 p.) : ill. ; 24 cm
Comprend : Introduction : Who is a "scientist"? ; Nature's shifting audience, 1869-1875 ;
Nature's contributors and the changing of Britain's scientific guard, 1872-1895 ;
Defining the "man of science" in Nature ; Scientific internationalism and scientific
nationalism ; Nature, interwar politics, and intellectual freedom ; 'It almost came
out on its own' : Nature under L.J.F. Brimble and A.J.V. Gale ; Nature, the Cold
War, and the rise of the United States ; 'Disorderly publication' : Nature and scientific
self-policing in the 1980s.
Note(s) : Bibliogr. p. 285-299
"Making 'Nature' is the first book to chronicle the foundation and development of
Nature, one of the world's most influential scientific institutions. Now nearing its
hundred and fiftieth year of publication, Nature is the international benchmark for
scientific publication. Its contributors include Charles Darwin, Ernest Rutherford,
and Stephen Hawking, and it has published many of the most important discoveries in
the history of science, including articles on the structure of DNA, the discovery
of the neutron, the first cloning of a mammal, and the human genome. But how did Nature
become such an essential institution? In Making 'Nature, ' Melinda Baldwin charts
the rich history of this extraordinary publication from its foundation in 1869 to
current debates about online publishing and open access. This pioneering study not
only tells Nature's story but also sheds light on much larger questions about the
history of science publishing, changes in scientific communication, and shifting notions
of 'scientific community.' Nature, as Baldwin demonstrates, helped define what science
is and what it means to be a scientist."--Publisher
Sujet(s) : Nature (périodique ; Grande-Bretagne) -- Histoire
Sciences de la vie -- Périodiques -- Histoire
Indice(s) Dewey :
505 (23e éd.) = Sciences naturelles et mathématiques - Publications en série
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780226261454. - ISBN 022626145X (rel.). - ISBN 9780226261591. - ISBN 022626159X
(ebook)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb45212975k
Notice n° :
FRBNF45212975
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