The era of experiments and the age of wonder : scientific expansion from the seventeenth to the nineteenth centuries : proceedings of the symposium in honor of the reopening of the Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology, and the Smithsonian Libraries' Resident Scholar Program /
edited by Lilla Vekerdy.
- xi, 87 pages : illustrations; 26 cm.
- A Smithsonian contribution to knowledge .
- Smithsonian contribution to knowledge. .
"Convened at the Smithsonian Libraries on March 4-5, 2010." Shipping list no.: 2016-0048-P.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface / Nancy E. Gwinn Scientific Expansions in the Seventeenth through Nineteenth Centuries -- Romantic Science: In writing the Age of Wonder / Richard Holmes -- Learned Societies and the Birth of American Science / Marc Rothenberg -- Agents of Exchange: Origins of Scholarly Communication in Nineteenth Century America / Nancy E. Gwinn The Dibner Library as Scholarly Resource -- The Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology / Lilla Vekerdy -- The History of the Resident Scholar Programs at the Smithsonian Libraries / Lilla Vekerdy -- Sharing Mathematical Treasures from the Dibner Library / Peggy Aldrich Kidwell -- Bern Dibner's Way of Collecting and it's Importance for Scholars / Pamela O. Long -- Utilizing Dibner Resources at the National Air Space Museum / David DeVorkin -- The Case of the "Forgotten" Telescope / Steven C. Turner
9781935623830 1935623834
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Dibner Library.
1600 - 1899
Science--History--17th century--Congresses. Science--History--18th century--Congresses. Science--History--19th century--Congresses. Technology--History--17th century--Congresses. Technology--History--18th century--Congresses. Technology--History--19th century--Congresses. Communication in learning and scholarship--Congresses. Communication in learning and scholarship. Science. Technology.
Conference papers and proceedings. History. Conference papers and proceedings.