Table of Contents
About the Editor viii
About the Contributors ix
Acknowledgements xvi
Introduction 1Bernard Lightman
1 Historiography of the History of Science 7Lynn K. Nyhart
Part I Roles 23
2 Learned Man and Woman in Antiquity and the Middle Ages 25Nathan Sidoli
3 Go-Betweens, Travelers, and Cultural Translators 39Kapil Raj
4 The Alchemist 58Tara Nummedal
5 The Natural Philosopher 71Peter Dear
6 The Natural Historian 84Kristin Johnson
7 Invisible Technicians, Instrument Makers, and Artisans 97Iwan Rhys Morus
8 Scientific illustrators 111Valérie Chansigaud
9 The Human Experimental Subject 126Anita Guerrini
10 Amateurs 139Katherine Pandora
11 The Man of Science 153Paul White
12 The Professional Scientist 164Cyrus C. M. Mody
Part II Places and Spaces 179
13 The Medieval University 181Steven J. Livesey
14 The Observatory 196Robert W. Smith
15 The Court 210Bruce T. Moran
16 Academies and Societies 224Denise Phillips
17 Museums and Botanical Gardens 238Lukas Rieppel
18 Domestic Space 252Donald L. Opitz
19 Commercial Science 268Paul Lucier
20 The Field 282Robert E. Kohler and Jeremy Vetter
21 The Laboratory 296Catherine M. Jackson
22 Modern School and University 310Heike Jöns
Part III Communication 329
23 Manuscripts 331Joyce van Leeuwen
24 The Printing Press 344Nick Wilding
25 Correspondence Networks 358Brian Ogilvie
26 Translations 372Marwa Elshakry and Carla Nappi
27 Journals and Periodicals 387Aileen Fyfe
28 Textbooks 400Josep Simon
29 Lectures 414Diarmid A. Finnegan
30 Film, Radio, and Television 428David A. Kirby
Part IV Tools of Science 443
31 Timing Devices 445Rory McEvoy
32 Weights and Measures 459Hector Vera
33 Calculating Devices and Computers 472Matthew L. Jones
34 Specimens and Collections 488Mary E. Sunderland
35 Recording Devices 500Jimena Canales
36 Microscopes 515Boris Jardine
37 Telescopes 530Jim Bennett
38 Prisms, Spectroscopes, Spectrographs, and Gratings 543Klaus Hentschel
39 Diagrams 557Charlotte Bigg
40 Three Dimensional Models 572Joshua Nall and Liba Taub
Index 587