Books and the Sciences in History. (Reviews of Books).

Marina Frasca-Spada and Nick Jardine, eds. Books and the Sciences in History. New York: Cambridge University Press. 2000. Pp. xiv, 438. $85.00. ISBN 0-521-65063-1.

The editors of this work propose to offer, "a work of first resort for all those interested in the history of the sciences in relation to the history of the book" (p. 8). Part one, covering the period up to about 1670 contains eight essays. Part two, covering the period from 1670 to 1815, contains eight essays. Part three, covering the remaining part of the nineteenth century contains four essays; and the ...

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