The History And Poetics Of Scientific Biography
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Author | : Thomas Söderqvist |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 287 |
Release | : 2016-03-03 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1317028902 |
Biographies of scientists carry an increasingly prominent role in today's publishing climate. Traditional historical and sociological accounts of science are complemented by narratives that emphasize the importance of the scientific subject in the production of science. Not least is the realization that the role of science in culture is much more accessible when presented through the lives of its practitioners. Taken as a genre, such biographies play an important role in the public understanding of science. In recent years there has been an increasing number of monographs and collections about biography in general and literary biography in particular. However, biographies of scientists, engineers and medical doctors have rarely been the topic of scholarly inquiry. As such this volume of essays will be welcomed by those interested in the genre of science biography, and who wish to re-examine its history, foundational problems and theoretical implications. Borrowing approaches and methods from cultural studies and the history, philosophy and sociology of science, the contributions cover a broad range of subjects, periods and locations. By presenting such a rich diversity of essays, the volume is able to chart the reoccurring conceptual problems and devices that have influenced scientific biographies from classical antiquity to the present day. In so doing it provides a compelling overview of the history of the genre, suggesting that the different valuations given scientific biography over time have been largely fuelled by vested professional interests.
Author | : Thomas Söderqvist |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 270 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9781315557199 |
Author | : Thomas Söderqvist |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 318 |
Release | : 2016-03-03 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1317028899 |
Biographies of scientists carry an increasingly prominent role in today's publishing climate. Traditional historical and sociological accounts of science are complemented by narratives that emphasize the importance of the scientific subject in the production of science. Not least is the realization that the role of science in culture is much more accessible when presented through the lives of its practitioners. Taken as a genre, such biographies play an important role in the public understanding of science. In recent years there has been an increasing number of monographs and collections about biography in general and literary biography in particular. However, biographies of scientists, engineers and medical doctors have rarely been the topic of scholarly inquiry. As such this volume of essays will be welcomed by those interested in the genre of science biography, and who wish to re-examine its history, foundational problems and theoretical implications. Borrowing approaches and methods from cultural studies and the history, philosophy and sociology of science, the contributions cover a broad range of subjects, periods and locations. By presenting such a rich diversity of essays, the volume is able to chart the reoccurring conceptual problems and devices that have influenced scientific biographies from classical antiquity to the present day. In so doing it provides a compelling overview of the history of the genre, suggesting that the different valuations given scientific biography over time have been largely fuelled by vested professional interests.
Author | : Christian Forstner |
Publisher | : Springer Nature |
Total Pages | : 316 |
Release | : 2020-07-22 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 3030485099 |
This book sheds new light on the biographical approach in the history of physics by including the biographies of scientific objects, institutions, and concepts. What is a biography? Can biographies also be written for non-human subjects like scientific instruments, institutions or concepts? The respective chapters of this book discuss these controversial questions using examples from the history of physics. By approaching biography as metaphor, it transcends the boundaries between various perspectives on the history of physics, and enriches our grasp of the past.
Author | : Charles Coulston Gillispie |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 1970 |
Genre | : Electronic books |
ISBN | : |
Provides information on the history of science through articles on the professional lives of scientists. All periods of science from classical antiquity to modern times are represented.
Author | : Christoph Irmscher |
Publisher | : Rutgers University Press |
Total Pages | : 404 |
Release | : 2019-09-08 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1978805861 |
Newly expanded and in full color, this groundbreaking book argues that early American natural historians had a distinctly poetic sensibility, producing work that had a visionary intensity. Covering naturalists from John James Audubon to PT Barnum, it considers not only natural history writing, but also illustrations, photographs, and actual collections of flora and fauna. Photography and all associated expenses made possible by a generous grant from Furthermore: a program of the J. M. Kaplan Fund
Author | : Charles Coulston Gillispie |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 706 |
Release | : 1973 |
Genre | : Biography |
ISBN | : |
Also available online as part of the Gale Virtual Reference Library under the title Complete dictionary of scientific biography.
Author | : Paola Govoni |
Publisher | : V&R Unipress |
Total Pages | : 288 |
Release | : 2014-05-14 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 3847002635 |
Following discussions on scientific biography carried out over the past few decades, this book proposes a kaleidoscopic survey of the uses of biography as a tool to understand science and its context. It offers food for thought on the role played by the gender of the biographer and the biographee in the process of writing. To provide orientation in such a challenging field, some of the authors have accepted to write about their own professional experience while reflecting on the case studies they have been working on. Focusing on (auto)biography may help us to build bridges between different approaches to men and women's lives in science. The authors belong to a variety of academic and professional fields, including the history of science, anthropology, literary studies, and science journalism. The period covered spans from 1732, when Laura Bassi was the first woman to get a tenured professorship of physics, to 2009, when Elizabeth H. Blackburn and Carol W. Greider were the first women's team to have won a Nobel Prize in science.
Author | : Paola Govoni |
Publisher | : V&R unipress GmbH |
Total Pages | : 290 |
Release | : 2014 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 384710263X |
Following discussions on scientific biography carried out over the past few decades, this book proposes a kaleidoscopic survey of the uses of biography as a tool to understand science and its context. The authors belong to a variety of academic and professional fields, including the history of science, anthropology, literary studies, and science journalism. The period covered spans from 1732, when Laura Bassi was the first woman to get a tenured professorship of physics, to 2009, when Elizabeth H. Blackburn and Carol W. Greider were the first women's team to have won a Nobel Prize in science.
Author | : Michael Shortland |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 318 |
Release | : 1996-06-27 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780521433235 |
Collects together original essays by leading historians of science on the nature and development of scientific biography.