- Hardcover: 424 pages
- Publisher: Ashgate Publishing Limited; 4th Revised edition edition (17 Mar 2000)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1859282334
- ISBN-13: 978-1859282335
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 15.7 x 3.3 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,763,356 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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In the 25 years since the third edition of this book, scientific publishing has developed new forms and the academic discipline and popular appreciation of the history of science has grown. This edition discusses these changes and ponders the implications of developments in publishing by the end of the 20th century, while concentrating 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 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.
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