TY - BOOK AU - Vekerdy,Lilla ED - Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press, TI - 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 T2 - A Smithsonian contribution to knowledge SN - 9781935623830 AV - Q125 .E76 2015 U1 - 509/03 23 PY - 2015/// CY - Washington, D.C. PB - Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press KW - Dibner Library KW - Science KW - History KW - 17th century KW - Congresses KW - 18th century KW - 19th century KW - Technology KW - Communication in learning and scholarship KW - fast KW - Conference papers and proceedings KW - lcgft N1 - "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 UR - https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GOVPUB-SI-PURL-gpo62598/pdf/GOVPUB-SI-PURL-gpo62598.pdf ER -