Leviathan and the air-pump : Hobbes, Boyle, and the experimental life : including a translation of Thomas Hobbes, Dialogus physicus de natura aeris, by Simon Schaffer / / Steven Shapin & Simon Schaffer |
Autore | Shapin Steven |
Edizione | [1st Princeton pbk. print. with corrections.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, 1989, c1985 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiv, 440 p. ) : ill. ; |
Disciplina | 533/.5 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
SchafferSimon <1955->
HobbesThomas <1588-1679.> |
Soggetto topico |
Air-pumps - History
Physics - Experiments - History Science - England - History Air-pumps - History - England Science - History |
ISBN |
0-691-08393-2
0-691-02432-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Understanding experiment -- Seeing and believing : the experimental production of pneumatic facts -- Seeing double : Hobbes's politics of plenism before 1660 -- The trouble with experiment : Hobbes versus Boyle -- Boyle's adversaries : experiment defended -- Replication and its troubles : air-pumps in the 1660's -- Natural philosophy and the restoration : interests in dispute -- The polity of science : conclusions -- Translation of Hobbes's Dialogus physicus. |
Altri titoli varianti | Hobbes, Boyle, and the experimental life |
Record Nr. | UNISA-996248121203316 |
Shapin Steven
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Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, 1989, c1985 | ||
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The nature of the book [[electronic resource] ] : print and knowledge in the making / / Adrian Johns |
Autore | Johns Adrian |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago, Ill., : University of Chicago Press, 1998 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (778 p.) |
Disciplina |
686.09
686.2/094 686.2094 |
Soggetto topico |
Printing - Social aspects - Europe - History
Printing - Social aspects - England - History Books - Europe - History Books - England - History Transmission of texts Science - Europe - History Science - England - History Science publishing - Europe - History Science publishing - England - History |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-282-08987-0
9786612089879 0-226-40123-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- A Note on Conventions -- 1. Introduction: The Book of Nature and the Nature of the Book -- 2. Literatory Life: The Culture and Credibility of the Printed Book in Early Modern London -- 3. "The Advancement of Wholesome Knowledge": The Politics of Print and the Practices of Propriety -- 4. John Streater and the Knights of the Galaxy: Republicanism, Natural Knowledge, and the Politics of Printing -- 5. Faust and the Pirates: The Cultural Construction of the Printing Revolution -- 6. The Physiology of Reading: Print and the Passions -- 7. Piracy and Usurpation: Natural Philosophy in the Restoration -- 8. Histories of the Heavens: John Flamsteed, Isaac Newton, and the Historia Gelestis Britannica -- 9. Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910458027703321 |
Johns Adrian
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Chicago, Ill., : University of Chicago Press, 1998 | ||
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The nature of the book : print and knowledge in the making / / Adrian Johns |
Autore | Johns Adrian |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago, Ill. : , : University of Chicago Press, , 1998 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (778 p.) |
Disciplina |
686.09
686.2/094 686.2094 |
Soggetto topico |
Printing - Social aspects - Europe - History
Printing - Social aspects - England - History Books - Europe - History Books - England - History Transmission of texts Science - Europe - History Science - England - History Science publishing - Europe - History Science publishing - England - History |
Soggetto non controllato | print culture, printing, bookmaking, publishing, books, knowledge, dissemination, information technology, nonfiction, history, media, credibility, authority, propriety, politics, censorship, john streater, republicanism, faust, piracy, copyright, intellectual property, authorship, restoration, natural philosophy, historia coelestis britannica, isaac newton, flamsteed, literature, science |
ISBN |
1282089870
9786612089879 0226401235 9781282089877 6612089873 9780226401232 0226401219 9780226401218 0226401227 9780226401225 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction: the book of nature and the nature of the book – Literatory life: the culture and credibility of the printed book in early modern London – “The advancement of wholeshome knowledge”: the politics of print and the practices of propriety – John Streater and the knights of the galaxy: Republicanism, natural knowledge, and the politics of printing – Faust and the pirartes: the cultural construction of the printing revolution – The physiology of reading: print and the passions – Piracy and usurpation: natural philosophy in the restoration – Histories of the heavens: John Flamsteed, Isaac Newton, and the Historia Coelestis Britannica. |
Record Nr. | UNISA-996248038403316 |
Johns Adrian
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Chicago, Ill. : , : University of Chicago Press, , 1998 | ||
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