Description |
xxi, 339 p. : ill. (some col.). |
Series |
History of science and medicine library, 1872-0684 ; v. 36 |
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Knowledge infrastructure and knowledge economy ; v. 3 |
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History of science and medicine library ; v. 36. 1872-0684
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History of science and medicine library. Knowledge infrastructure and knowledge economy ; v. 3.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
The spectacle of experiment : instruments of circulation, from Dumfries to Calcutta and back / Larry Stewart -- "Bungallee House set on fire by Galvanism" : natural and experimental philosophy as public science in a colonial metropolis (1794-1806) / Savithri Preetha Nair -- From Calcutta to London : James Dinwiddie's galvanic circuits / Jan Golinski -- Anthologizing the book of nature : the circulation of knowledge and the origins of the scientific journal in late Georgian Britain / Jonathan R. Topham -- Between Calcutta and Kew : the divergent circulation and production of hortus bengalensis and flora indica / Khyati Nagar -- Knowledge across borders : the early communication of evolution in China / Yang Haiyan -- Circulating material objects : the international controversy over antiquities and fossils in twentieth-century China / Fa-ti Fan -- Going with the flow : Chinese geology, international scientific meetings and knowledge circulation / Grace Yen Shen -- How may we study science and the state in postcolonial India? / Jahnavi Phalkey -- A western scientist in an eastern context : J.B.S. Haldane's involvement in Indian science / Veena Rao -- Implications for history of science / Sundar Sarukkai. |
Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
Subject |
Discoveries in science -- History.
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Communication in science -- Europe -- History.
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Science -- Great Britain -- History.
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Science -- India -- History.
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Science -- China -- History.
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Knowledge, Sociology of.
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Enlightenment.
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Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Added Author |
Lightman, Bernard V., 1950-
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McOuat, Gordon.
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Stewart, Larry, 1946-
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ProQuest (Firm)
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ISBN |
9789004244412 (hardback : alk. paper) |
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9789004251410 (electronic bk.) |
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