| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 276 pages) : color illustrations |
| Series |
Scientific and Learned Cultures and Their Institutions ; volume 23 |
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History of science and medicine library. Scientific and learned cultures and their institutions ; v. 23.
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| Contents |
The division of a paper kingdom : the tragic afterlives of Francis Bacon's manuscripts / Richard Serjeantson -- Scarlet letters : Sir Theodore de Mayerne and the early Stuart color world in the Royal Society / Vera Keller -- Accidental archive : Samuel Hartlib and the afterlife of female scholars / Carol Pal -- Fossilized remains : the Martin Lister and Edward Lhuyd ephemera / Anna Marie Roos -- Playing archival politics with Hans Sloane, Edward Lhuyd, and John Woodward / Elizabeth Yale -- Under Sloane's shadow : the archive of James Petiver / Arnold Hunt -- Collecting knowledge : annotated material in the library of Sir Hans Sloane / Alison Walker -- Collecting genomics : documenting modern, collaborative science / Victoria Sloyan |
| Summary |
"Archival Afterlives explores the posthumous fortunes of scientific and medical archives in early modern Britain. If early modern natural philosophers claimed all knowledge as their province, theirs was a paper empire. But how and why did naturalists engage with archives, and in particular, with the papers of their dead predecessors? This volume makes a firm case for expanding what counts as scientific labour, integrating scribes, archivist, library keepers, editors, and friends and family of deceased naturalists into the history of science. It shows how early modern natural philosophers pursued new natural knowledge in dialogue with their recent material past. Finally, it demonstrates the sustaining importance of archival institutions in the growth and development of the 'New Sciences.'"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Scientific archives -- Great Britain -- History
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Medical archives -- Great Britain -- History
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Library & Information Science / Archives & Special Libraries
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Medical archives
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Scientific archives
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Great Britain
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Keller, Vera, 1978- editor.
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Roos, Anna Marie Eleanor, editor.
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Yale, Elizabeth, editor.
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| ISBN |
9789004324305 |
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9004324305 |
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