A history of scientific journals : publishing at the Royal Society, 1665-2015 / / Aileen Fyfe [and three others] |
Autore | Fyfe Aileen |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : , : UCL Press, , 2022 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xviii, 643 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Disciplina | 506.041 |
Soggetto topico | Science - History |
ISBN | 1-80008-232-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Origin myths -- The first Philosophical Transactions, 1665-1677 -- Repeated reinventions, 1677-1696 -- Stabilising the Transactions, 1696-1752 -- The Transactions and the wider world, c.1700-1750 -- For the use and benefit of the Society, 1750-1770 -- Sociability and gatekeeping, 1770-1800 -- Circulating knowledge, c.1780-1820 -- Reforms, referees and the Proceedings, 1820-1850 -- Editing the Journals, 1850s-1870s -- Scientific publishing as patronage, c.1860-1890 -- The rise of the Proceedings, 1890-1920s -- Keeping the publications afloat, 1895-1930 -- Why do we publish? 1932-1950 -- Selling the journals in the 1950s and 1960s -- Survival in a shrinking, competitive market, c.1970-1990 -- Money and mission in the digital age, 1990-2015 -- Reflections : learning from 350 years. |
Altri titoli varianti | History of Scientific Journals |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910595426003321 |
Fyfe Aileen | ||
London : , : UCL Press, , 2022 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Royal Society and the Discovery of the Two Sicilies : Southern Routes in the Grand Tour / / by Manuela D’Amore |
Autore | D’Amore Manuela |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2017.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (319 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 506.041 |
Collana | Italian and Italian American Studies |
Soggetto topico |
Italy—History
Great Britain—History Civilization—History World history History of Italy History of Britain and Ireland Cultural History World History, Global and Transnational History |
ISBN | 3-319-55291-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 1. Introduction -- I. Learned Travel before the Grand Tour: The Royal Society 1665-1700 -- 2. The Fellows' Letters from Distant Countries: New Science, the "Other" and Imperialism -- 3. News from the Mainland: Mapping Physical and Intellectual Spaces before the Grand Tour -- 4. On the Ancients and the Power of Nature: The Special Case of Italy -- II. The Grand Tour of South Italy: The Discovery of the Two Sicilies 1700-1800 -- 5. Southern Paths for Learned Travelers: The Discovery of Herculaneum and of the Neoclassical Mediterranean -- 6. Images of "Sublime" Sicily -- 7. From Letters to Memoirs and Travel Accounts: The Fellows as "Cultural Mediators". |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910254773503321 |
D’Amore Manuela | ||
Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2017 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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